Women’s Champions League: Chelsea beats Lyon, Wolfsburg wins

LYON, France — Lyon’s possibilities of a seventh Women’s Champions League title in eight years had been hit by shedding 1-0 to Chelsea within the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Guro Reiten’s winner — a curling strike within the twenty eighth minute — places Chelsea in management in opposition to the defending champions heading into the second leg subsequent week at Stamford Bridge.

Since 2016, Lyon solely as soon as has didn’t win the competitors — in 2021, when the crew was eradicated within the quarterfinals by French rival Paris Saint-Germain.

PSG, which has by no means gained the Champions League, misplaced 1-0 to Wolfsburg in Wednesday’s different quarterfinal first leg.

Delphine Cascarino hit the publish for Lyon within the second half however the eight-time champions couldn’t discover the equalizer on the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

The Norway worldwide’s objective was arrange by Erin Cuthbert, who fought off Ellie Carpenter in midfield earlier than delivering a move into the world for Reiten’s one-timer.

Chelsea has by no means gained the event. It misplaced to Barcelona 4-0 within the 2021 remaining.

In Paris, defender Dominique Janssen transformed a penalty within the 62nd minute for the guests at Parc des Princes.

The penalty was awarded to the German crew after a video overview decided that Elisa de Almeida dealt with the ball within the space — an infraction that earned the PSG defender her second yellow card and a sending off.

In Tuesday’s first legs, Bayern Munich and Barcelona gained 1-0 in opposition to Arsenal and Roma, respectively.