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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack at the Parc des Princes

Lyon hold off PSG to set up Women’s Champions League final with Barcelona

Wendie Renard celebrates the goal that clinched Lyon’s final place.
Wendie Renard celebrates the goal that clinched Lyon’s final place. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Goals from Champions League record goalscorer Ada Hegerberg and club captain Wendie Renard earned Lyon a 2-1 win in a feisty semi-final second leg with Paris Saint-Germain and set up a mouth-watering final with reigning champions Barcelona in Turin.

In front of a record crowd of 43,255 for a women’s domestic game in France, Hegerberg headed the visiting team ahead. Marie-Antoinette Katoto’s second half leveller drew PSG to within a goal of Lyon over two legs and set up a tense final half-hour but Renard rose highest to head home to crush hopes of a fightback.

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