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Marta Torrejón laments after one of Lyon's goals (1-3)

THE CULÉS FELL IN TURIN

DISAPPOINTMENT! Lyon topples Barça in the final of the Women's Champions League (1-3)

Published:21/05/2022 - 21:00h

Updated:21/05/2022 - 21:00h

The women's FC Barcelona could not repeat the Champions League title and fell at the Juventus Stadium against an Olympique de Lyon who came out to crush the Blaugrana from the start. The three goals from the French came in the first half

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There was not doublet in Champions and banished the possibility of a new triplete. The FC feminine Barcelona fell in Turín in front of the Olympique of Lyon (1-3) in a party in which to the directed by Jonatan Giraldéz cost them go in at stake as never during all the season. In fact, the defeat in the Juventus Stadium was grieve the second fall in the 2021-22, after the defeat in the turn of semifinals in front of Wolfburgo (2-0).

The Lyon went out to tighten the exit of the blaugranas and quickly did with the control of the party and of the marker in the minute 6, thanks to a golazo of Amandine Henry. The French midfield player won a duel in the medullary to Alexia Putellas, drove some metres and took out a powerful shot to more than 25 metres of the arch defended by Sandra Cloths that at all could do to avoid the early fall of his fence.

After the goal of Henry, the Barça tried to react with confined of Rolfö and Graham, but to the blaugranas cost them establish his usual triangulations and went the Lyon was the one who repeated the hit in the 23' by means of Ada Hegerberg. The Norwegian took advantage of a centre of Bacha to beat to Cloths with a precise head butt, totally free of mark. The so much leave to the culés in 'chock' and the worst seemed to be for coming.

10 minutes later, Catarina Macario sentenced the party when hardly it fulfilled the half hour of game. The American took advantage of a pass of Hegerberg to define crusader and leave again tended to Cloths. Previously, Irene Walls lost a key balloon in front of Malard, the one who yielded to the Norwegian to arm the played that put the goleada in the marker. Estupor blaugrana in Turín for surprise, even of the own French players.

The discount of Alexia maquilló the result

When all seemed cleared before the rest, Alexia attained to discount in the 41' with a finish from the penal point to pass of Graham. The so much of the best player of the world gave hopes to the ones of Giraldéz with a possible traced back, but the Lyon threw of hierarchy and experience during the second stretch. Patri Was near of the discount in the 58', but his finish crashed in the stick. After this, the physical wear and the heat did mella in a Barça that went diluting with the happen of the minutes. Finally, the glory was for a Lyon that won with authority.

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