The national goalkeeper team left PSG on the road and qualified for the grand final for the title of the Women’s Champions League, in which they will face Barcelona. The 2022 final, won by Tiane, will be repeated.
Olympique Lyonnais will have a new date with history. This Sunday, The team where Christiane Endler plays qualifies for the final of the Women’s Champions League 2023-2024, by beating its main rival in French football: Paris Saint-Germain. The Parc des Princes hosted the semi-final second leg of the Champions League, with a minimal advantage for OL (3-2 first leg victory).
This deepened at the start of the match, as Lyon opened the scoring in three minutes thanks to Selma Bacha’s goal , starting left back for coach Sonia Bompastor. Before halftime, PSG gave a little more uncertainty to the draw by reaching 1-1 thanks to a goal from Tabitha Chawinga (41st). There, the Parisians were one more goal away from equalizing the whole and broadening the definition. In the end, the verdict fell on Melchie Dumornay’s score in the 81st minute. A 2-1 final, with an aggregate score of 5-3, gave the Chilean goalkeeping team a bye to the final.
Endler was the starter and played the entire match. Sofascore data shows that the award-winning national footballer recorded two saves, 27 touches, 50% successful passes (9/18), eight long balls completed out of 17 in total and one foul received.
After the victory, there was only satisfaction in Lyon. “It was two very difficult matches. We knew it would be like this: it’s a team that had two good performances. I have to congratulate my players. “We were able to recover and win in Lyon, and come here and win too,” » said Coach Bopastor. For her part, midfielder Lindsey Horan added that “we worked very hard last year to get here. At the start of the season we knew that was our goal.
Olympique Lyonnais is, by far, the most successful team in the Women’s Champions League, with eight titles. The last of these was in 2022, when they beat Barcelona in the final 3-1, a match in which Tiane Endler started. The goalkeeper and former national team player is the only Chilean to have won the UEFA Champions League. Today, it will repeat this milestone and continue to expand its glorious history.
This final from two years ago will repeat itself, because Barcelona will face the French for the great definition of the title. The Barça team, the main power in Spanish women’s football, with figures of the stature of Alexia Putellas, eliminated Chelsea and will retain the crown. The match will take place on Saturday May 25 at the San Mamés stadium in the city of Bilbao.
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