Ellie Carpenter's dreams of winning a third Women's Champions League title - but this time while actually on the pitch - has been scuppered by Barcelona, who beat her Lyon side 2-0 in the final in Bilbao.
The Australian international fullback Carpenter had been an unused sub in the 2019-20 final, and tore the ACL in her left knee after just 12 minutes when the French giants Lyon beat Barcelona in 2022.
But having reflected on desperately wanting to play a full part in another triumph for European women's football's most successful club, the 24-year-old Matilda was left frustrated, unable to make it "third time lucky" as Barca won their third title in four years on Saturday.
