Lyon did not fail and won very easily at the expense of Galatasaray (6-0), Wednesday in Istanbul, at the end of a one-sided match on the 5th day of the Women’s Champions League. This victory ensures that OL will finish at the top of Group A and thus be seeded in the draw for the quarter-finals. The Lyonnaises won their fifth success out of five matches in the event. In the first leg, they had already won 3-0.
For this unbalanced confrontation (45 attacks to 5, 32 shots to 2, 12 corners to 0), played in front of a handful of spectators in a 77,000-seat Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg was the starting point for the first time. time of the season in the European Cup, just like left back Selma Bacha, who had ankle surgery at the end of August.
Sommer reaches 50 goals in C1
Hegerberg opened the scoring in the 19th minute by heading in a cross delivered by Australian Ellie Carpenter. It is the 65th goal in C1 for the Norwegian, top scorer in the history of the competition, and her first this season on the European scene, just like for the German Sara Däbritz. The latter brought the score to 2-0 with a right shot after a poor dismissal from the Istanbul defense (24th).
Finally, OL returned to the locker room at half-time with a three-goal lead after Jazmin Jackmon scored against his side from a corner played by Bacha (34th). Wendie Renard, with a header again, from a corner still taken by Bacha, scored Lyon’s fourth goal and her 35th in C1 (49th). She also found the bar, again after a corner (74th).
The Dutch Daniele Van de Donk added a fifth goal on a pass from Amel Majri (69th) before Eugénie Le Sommer, who entered at the end of the game, scored her 50th goal in the Champions League (76th). She thus becomes the third player to reach this total behind Hegerberg and the German Anja Mittag (51 goals).
