Arsenal and OL Lyonnes face one another in the Women’s Champions League semifinals for the second successive season.
The Gunners got here by an all-English quarterfinal in opposition to Chelsea, profitable 3-2 on mixture in a good affair.
Record-winners OL Lyonnes beat Wolfsburg to enter their third semifinal in as a few years.
They might be eager to actual revenge on Renee Slegers’ aspect, who comprehensively knocked them at this similar stage final 12 months.
Key particulars:
Date: April 26
Time: 3:30 p.m BST
Venue: Emirates Stadium
How to watch in the UK:
Like each UWCL sport this season, this one might be broadcast dwell on Disney+.
Road to the semifinals:
The Gunners’ European marketing campaign started with a house defeat to OL Lyonnes and an extra loss to Bayern Munich meant that they had to undergo the playoff spherical. There, they swatted apart OH Leuven 7-1 to setup a quarterfinal showdown in opposition to Chelsea.
The north London aspect received the primary leg 3-1 on the Emirates Stadium led by a stellar all-round Alessia Russo efficiency. The second leg was a tense affair on the Bridge as Chelsea fought for a manner again. Sjoeke Nüsken‘s late objective raised hopes of a comeback however it got here too late for the Blues.
OL Lyonnes coasted by the league stage of the competitors, selecting up 16 factors from a doable 18 to end second. They tasted defeat for the primary time in the quarterfinals, the place they misplaced 1-0 to Wolfsburg in the primary leg.
Lily Yohannes levelled issues up early in the second leg however the German aspect took the tie to further time. But that is the place their resistance ended because the OL Lyonnes scored thrice to win 4-0 on mixture.
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Key players:
Keeping Russo quiet might be key to OL Lyonnes’ possibilities of development. The England worldwide is the highest scorer in the competitors with eight targets and it is her all-round efficiency — particularly her urgent — that has made her one of many high forwards in the ladies’s sport.
Melchie Dumornay carries OL Lyonnes’ attacking risk. The ahead is their high scorer in the competitors with 5 targets, and made a key contribution in their quarterfinal in opposition to Wolfsburg. Arsenal have already been stung by the France worldwide — she scored twice in their assembly in their opening sport of the marketing campaign.
