Catarina Macario sends Lyonnaises to the semi-finals of the Champions League, Sara Gama is dizzy: find the tops and flops of Lyon-Juventus (3-1).
TOPS
Catarina Macario de Janeiro
The Brazilian Americano splashed the meeting with all her class. Positioned behind Ada Hegerberg, the number 13 was decisive in the offensive phases. Discreet in the first period, she was able to gain momentum in the second. Present in the duels, she was able to create danger by standing out from the Italians and tried her luck several times, 4 times in total, before scoring OL’s third goal. In the 73rd minute she receives a ball in the area, makes a superb oriented control to get rid of Sara Gama and ends the action with a powerful shot that Pauline Peyraud Magnin cannot get out. The 22-year-old midfielder is in great shape at the moment as she has scored 4 goals in her last 3 matches.
Ada Hegerberg decisive in the big game
The Norwegian was back after missing the first leg in Italy. From the first minutes of the match, the Lyonnaise striker made it clear to the Turin defense that they would have to do their best to stop it. From the 33rd minute, she cut off the superb center of her teammate Selma Bacha and opened the scoring. An extremely important goal which allows Lyon to reassure themselves after a first half hour of play where the offensives were not dangerous enough to really worry Juventus. In the second half she was a little more discreet but still weighed on the Italian defense which could not afford to let go of their gaze even for a second. His yellow card for protesting a few seconds before the final whistle illustrates the character of the number 14 who did not give up from the first to the last second of the match.
The Flops
The defense of the old lady in big trouble
In their last 10 games, Juventus have only kept a clean sheet 3 times. A statistic that highlights the defensive feverishness of Joseph Montemurro’s players who once again fell apart against the Lyonnaise armada this evening. With 13 shots conceded, the Turin defense had almost no respite, the addition could even have been even more salty if the goalkeeper of the France team Pauline Peyraud Magnin had not intervened, especially on the beautiful strike from Macario in the 62nd minute. The image that symbolizes the difficulties of the Italian hinge is precisely the goal of Catarina Macario who in a single control got rid of captain Sara Gama.
Lina Hurtig completely transparent
A match to forget for the Swedish international (44 caps) who only touched 20 balls and failed to frame her only shot of the match. Number 17 was dominated head and shoulders by the Buchanan / Renard duo who easily won in the areas despite the 1.80m of the 26-year-old center forward. She was replaced in the 60th minute by Agnese Bonfantini who could not do better. Fortunately for the Italians, Andrea Staskova saved the honor with her goal scored in the 84th minute.
