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Olympique Lyonnais confirm Matildas star Ellie Carpenter ruptured her ACL in Champions League final

Carpenter will miss the next several months of Matildas and Lyon action after tearing her ACL on Sunday. (Getty Images/Gualter Fatia/UEFA)

Matildas star Ellie Carpenter is in a race against time to make the 2023 Women's World Cup on home soil after her French club Olympique Lyonnais confirmed the defender ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the Champions League final.

Carpenter, who started in her first European final against Barcelona on Sunday, went down in the 12th minute of the match after pushing awkwardly off the grass to collect a long pass, immediately grabbing at the inside of her left knee.

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