UEFA Women’s Champions League Preview: Wolfsburg vs. OL Lyonnes
UEFA Women’s Champions League Preview: Wolfsburg vs. OL Lyonnes Wolfsburg host OL Lyonnes in the first-leg of the Women’s Champions League quarter-final. The French giants beat the two-time European champions when they met in the league phase back in November.
Women’s football legends Ada Hegerberg and Wendie Renard put the most successful club in Europe 3-0 before Lineth Beerensteyn’s solo strike. That result extended OL Lyonnes’ winning streak over Wolfsburg to seven games The teams met in four Champions League finals, with Les Fenottes coming out victorious on each of the past three occasions. As expected, Jonatan Giráldez’s side are the overwhelming favorites for the two-legged tie.
Lyon have a similar record to Bayern Munich’s Frauen-Bundesliga results as they have won all but one Première Ligue game that ended in a draw, although there would be a playoff round between the top four teams. They also progressed to the semi-finals of the Coupe de France after last week’s 7-0 win over fellow Première Ligue side Le Havre. The eight-time champions have been invincible during the league phase campaign of the Champions League as well.
Wolfsburg finished outside the automatic qualification spots, but they managed to eliminate Juventus with a 4-2 win in the playoff. However, Lyon will have home advantage in the return leg because they finished higher in the league phase standings. After losing 4-1 to Frauen-Bundesliga leaders Bayern, Wolfsburg won four consecutive games in the DFB-Pokal and the league.
The only goal they conceded in their current run was an injury-time strike by Bayer Leverkusen in a 2-1 victory for Stephan Lerch’s side. Beerensteyn scored the only goal of the game when they came away with three points from Hoffenheim on Saturday. Team News Alexandra Popp added two more goals to her collection after the announcement of her summer move to Borussia Dortmund.