Full-time: PSG 1-2 Lyon (3-5 aggregate)
PSG fall short and their players fall to the ground. Lyon retain their supremacy, and stay on course for a ninth European Cup. Destination Bilbao, for an 11th final, and Barcelona will be the opposition. That’s a big performance from Sonia Bompastor’s team.
90+5 min: Dumornay, the match-winner, is alone in the PSG half and decides to have a dig from distance.
90+4 min: PSG keep plugging, to their credit but Vansgaard is stopped making much progress. Lyon have been in such defensive command this half.
90+2 min: Endler shows her strength and command in punching clear a free-kick aimed into the Lyon box. Picaud struggled at the other end with this, though also made a series of decent saves.
90 min: Bacha, who has been excellent but was limping, leaves the field for the last few minutes of which there are seven. Is that a glimmer of a chance.
88 min: Late drama? Karchaoui makes a nice exchange with Geyoro and Lyon do what they have done for all but the PSG goal and close down the danger.
86 min: The PSG fans are still singing, bless them. But the old rivals have done what they usually do and will be in a final again, to try and win their ninth Champions League.
84 min: PSG make a couple of changes, including the departure of Baltimore but the jig looks up for them.
83 min: That was tough on PSG but it was what Lyon had threatened on multiple occasions. The game was in their control, and Becho the sub played her part with a fine run and a pass inside.
Goal! PSG 1-2 Lyon (Dumornay, 81) (3-5 aggregate)
That’s the one they wanted. De Almeida lost the ball and Dumornay picks up the loose ball, charges on, Becho collects and plays back to Dumornay to score.
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79 min: This game is getting cagier and cagier. PSG clearly fear Lyon, and Lyon are doing their best to control PSG.
78 min: Bacha tries to send Becho through but PSG break, and then lose the ball. Lyon corner. This time, Picaud claims the ball and tries to set up an attack. Horan comes across to intercept.
75 min: PSG have an injury concern, with Baltimore looking to have a muscle problem.
73 min: PSG change: Le Guilly off, Vangsgaard on
Lyon change: Diani off, Becho on. Diani has had a good game leading the line.
72 min: PSG pushing on a bit, but not finding much. All the while, Lyon look the more dangerous team on the counter.
70 min: Karchaoui goes on one of her runs into the box but can only pass to a white shirt. She remains the dangerwoman, and it takes the experience of Wendy Renard to clear the danger.
66 min: Not so great keeping: Picaud loses the flight of the ball but Lyon can’t get a toe-end or anything. Picaud has taken a buffeting and receives more treatment.
65 min: Another Horner shot, another one she has to take hurriedly, and another one that drifts into the net. Lyon push for another. Picaud makes a fine save, and then gets back to her feet to make a save from Van de Donk. Great goalkeeping.
63 min: This has been a very even contest considering Lyon’s previous dominance over PSG in this competition and in the French league. Geyoro’s snap shot is from too far out to trouble Endler.
61 min: Picaud spills the ball but was fouled in the act of doing so. There’s a delay as she receives the magic spray.
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60 min: Diani almost opens up PSG. She speeds to the byline, plays the ball across and then nobody gets on the end of it.
58 min: Carpenter, who is the defender asked to stop that PSG threat down her right, comes across to clear the ball.
57 min: Karchaoui is booked for fouling Van de Donk. It’s not bad-tempered but it’s getting bitty.
56 min: Picaud parries a Diani shot with her fists. Then Carpenter is booked for her foul on Chawinga.
55 min: The game is opening up promisingly. Most of PSG’s danger coming down the left, and when Chawinga falls, they wonder if a penalty should be awarded. The referee isn’t having it.
53 min: Lyon almost seal it, but no. Diani goes through, one on one with Picaud, but the shot is saved. Horan steps forward, and the goal gapes. She aims for a chip but the ball drifts over.
52 min: Samoura escapes down the right, beyond Bacha but then fails to direct her cross.
50 min: PSG look to mount their first proper attack of the second half. Groenen is OK too continue. Karchaoui tries to send Chawinga on one of her runs but finds nobody.
47 min: It’s Lyon, seeking an early goal in the manner of the first half, who look to start off brightest. There’s a break in play as Groenen falls to the ground. She looks to have hurt her side.
46 min: We are back underway in Paris. What awaits us here?
Half-time reading.
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Half-time: PSG 1-1 Lyon (3-4 agg)
A fine half in which both teams showed off their mettle. Lyon’s speed on the break has been dangerous but then so too was that of Chawinga for PSG’s equaliser. There’s 45 minutes to decide it, plus possible extra time and penalties.
45 min: Two minutes are added on to a game with a reckless pace. Cascarino sends Diani away but PSG clear this time.
44 min: Danger at both ends, with Paris up in the Lyon box but this time the ball is hacked away.
43 min: Lyon cut asunder for once but they fancy a goal too. Picaud is asked to make a save from Diani. It needs to be a good one, and is.
Goal! PSG 1-1 Lyon (Chawinga, 41) (3-4 aggregate)
Game on. Durmornay loses the ball in midfield and suddenly space opens up for Chawinga, who picks her spot and buries the ball way beyond Endler.
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39 min: Carpenter and Karchaoui has been a key battle, with Lyon’s defender dealing well with the speed of the PSG flier.
36 min: Some PSG adjustments being made during an injury break by Jocelyn Prêcheur, their coach. Sonia Bompastor, the Lyon coach, is also involved. She’s tipped for the Chelsea job this summer.
34 min: Incredible save from Picaud. Lyon pull the ball back and Le Guilly can only deflect the ball towards her own goal. Picaud to the rescue.
33 min: Lyon are back in shape, and not allowing PSG to get close. Eventually, Samoura shoots and wide.
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31 min: Dumournay smashes a dangerous cross over. No takers but Lyon with all the danger here.
30 min: Horan, with space and time, tries to find Dumournay, but the youngster slips.
28 min: That Lyon speed on the counter is the key here. Diani skates through and Van der Donis laid up for a finish, only to be robbed at the moment of truth. That would have killed the tie.
26 min: Lyon have let off a bit of the pressure, and Diani’s running across the lines are causing PSG severe worries.
24 min: Baltimore lines up a long-ranger for PSG. Karchaoui swings for the second ball and whacks it into the stands.
23 min: Diani seems to have switched wings for Lyon, and off the left causes problems. Could she have squared it for Cascarino? Yes, but the ball is overran.
21 min: Panic in the Lyon area as Endler comes for a corner and misses the ball. PSG though fail to win the rebound and the danger is cleared.
18 min: Lyon have a corner, and that spells danger. Horan takes short, and Dumournay is in loads of space that’s eventually closed down.
16 min: Feels like a while since Lyon had much possession. They have a two-goal lead but are being asked to suffer. A long ball to Chawinga that’s overhit is sweet relief for them.
14 min: Lyon are looking to the counter while PSG probe at them. De Almeida, not for the first time, comes across and makes a tackle. Someone has to keep watch at the back.
13 min: Van de Donk, once of Arsenal, is booked for a hack on a speeding Karchaoui. The injured party then sends Chawinga on a speeding run, and Carpenter comes across to clean up. Plenty of Paris pressure now.
12 min: Better from PSG, with Lyon back in shape. Chawimga tries her best at the byline, hopes for a corner. But her hopes are dashed.
10 min: As is customary at many European games, and is anathema to those of us in Britain whose emotions are governed by what’s happening, the PSG fans seem to be having a whale of a time.
8 min: Endler, in the Paris goal, jumps high to collect a ball lofted to back post. PSG seem a tad short of ideas at present.
6 min: Paris look to gain possession to try and calm things down. Lyon have been direct and effective.
4 min: The Paris fans started in full voice but the away contingent have clearly come up on the TGV. Lyon look likely to get the next until de Almeida comes across to make a key interception.
Goal! PSG 0-1 Lyon (Bacha, 2) (2-4 agg)
A Lyon corner, and the call drops to Bacha, who lashes it. Could Picaud in the Paris goal have done better? Perhaps. The holders have control of the tie.
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Away we go!
1 min: Kick-off is upon us in Paris, where there is a placard advertising this summer’s Olympics. We’re playing at the Parc des Princes but it’s Lyon who begin with the impetus.
Suzanne Wrack previewed this battle of two teams highly familiar with each other.
The teams
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PSG: Picaud, Jade Le Guilly, Gaetino, de Almeida, Karchaoui, Geyoro, Groenen, Samoura, Baltimore, Katoto, Chawinga. Subs: Szperkowska, Kiedrzynek, Martens, Fazer, Vangsgaard, Tounkara, Albert, Folquet, Ebayilin, Traore, Elimbi.
Lyon: Endler, Carpenter, Gilles, Renard, Bacha, Horan, Egurrola, van de Donk, Diani, Dumornay, Cascarino. Subs: Morroni, Majri, Marozsan, Belhadj, Sombath, Sylla, Marques, Becho, Benkarth, Mendy.
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That Chelsea didn’t make it was something of a hard luck story.
Preamble
Barcelona await after Chelsea’s heartbreak. And it’s all to play for here. If Lyon took away a 3-2 lead from the first leg, it’s back to Paris. Will Lyon take on the holders, and reclaim their 2022 crown? Or will PSG, still yet to win the trophy make it to Bilbao? Find out here.
Kick-off is at 3pm. Join me.
