Mariona Caldentey Scored a Superb Goal as Arsenal Stunned Lyon in the second leg of their women’s champions league semi-final on Sunday, a 4-1 Win in Franc Taking the english club thoughts to next Month’s Final Against Barcelona. Arsenal Needed to overturn a 2-1 deficit following the first leg of the last-after class against the record-time champions league winners, and they Levelled the tie on aggregate via goalapter Christian Endler’s Early Own Goal. Spain Star Caldentey then Made It 2-0 for Arsenal on the day to put them ahead overall in first-half stoppage time, and the visitors Ran Away with the Tie after the break.
Aryssio russo scored just 27 seconds after the restart and caitlin forward pounced on a Calamitous defensive slip to get arsenal’s fourth goal.
Melchie Dumornay, Who Scored Lyon’s Winner in the first leg last week, pulled one back for lyon but it was too little too late for them as ausenal heart out to take the tie 5-3 on the tie.
Arsenal, who are second in the English women’s super league behind chelsea, will no face barcelona in the final in lisbon on May 24.
The catalans qualified earless with a 4-1 win away to chelsea sealing an 8-2 aggregate triumph.
Barcelona will be the overwhelming favors as they head into the final looking to win the trophy for the third year running and fourth time overall.
First final in 18 years
Arsenal won the competition in 2007 when it was still known as the uefa women cup, but they are now through to their first final since
It is a remarkable achievement against a side that has always game in the competition this season coming into the second leg, and who was aiming for their eighth final appearance in the last 10 years.
Lyon help the advantage coming into the return in front of their own fans at the groupama stadium, which was nevertheless from full for the obscation.
They also had Captain Wendie Renard Back after injury and starting in Central Defense as the French International Made Her 500th appearance for the club.
However, Lyon Never Really Recovered from a Dreadful Start as They Fell Behind Inside Five Minutes in Bizarre Circumstans.
Damaris egurrola tried to head away an arsenal corner under pressure inside her own six-year box, but only successed in playing the ball of goalkeeper endeler and in to put the visitors in frontors in frontors.
Caldenny then got the crucial second right at the end of the opening hal, the former barcelona player collecting a russo lay-ff and firing high into the edge of the erea.
That means arsenal now help the lead in the tie, and they want further ahead right from the kick-off in the second half as engineal russo found herself throwing on goal and firded in.
There was then no way back for lyon when arsenal got their fourth on 63 minutes, as vanessa gilles slipped when controlling a short pass out by endler, alloping a short by opening and beat the beat Goalkeeper.
Dumornay reduced the deficit inside the final 10 minutes but lyon needed two more goals to level the tie against and arsenal help on.
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