30 August 2020

LIVE: Women’s Champions League final: Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon - French side win fifth straight European crown

Wolfsburg and Lyon will clash tonight for the biggest prize in European football as fans are treated to the Women’s Champions League final.

Lyon are looking to win a record-extending fifth successive title but will have to come up against an old rival in the German champions if they are to do so.

Wolfsburg beat Lyon in the 2013 final, but since then have finished runners-up to the Division 1 Feminine league winners on two occasions - in 2016 and 2018.

If Wolfsburg win it will be the club’s third European crown, while a Lyon victory will see the French champions collect a seventh title.

It will bring the curtain down on an extended Champions League campaign, merely weeks before the domestic seasons get back underway.

Follow live updates of the game below as NewsChain provides coverage of the biggest club game in women’s football between two of  Europe’s finest.

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Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon

48 min: Le Sommer is found 20 yards from goal and her curling effort is tipped away by Abt. So much space for Lyon now as Wolfsburg try to get back into the game.

Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon

46 min: Here we go then with the second half. Lyon are 45 minutes away from a fifth straight Champions League title.

Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon

HALF-TIME: That’s the break and Lyon could not be more in control. Right from the very first minute they have dominated this game.

Is there any way back for Wolfsburg?

Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon

45 min: Wolfsburg are nearly caught out again by Cascarino as Lyon get players over on the right-hand side.

She tries to cut back inside and is swarmed just at the wrong time as Wolfsburg do enough to clear away.

Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon

44 min: GOAL! Kumagai with an absolutely superb strike!

Cascarino does excellently to work the ball out of the corner, drifting pass two Wolfsburg defenders before clipping the ball into the box.

Le Sommer can’t quite find a way through when it drops to her, but it comes out to Kumagai on the edge of the box and she hits a sensational low drive past Abt and into the bottom right corner.

Lovely finish! Game over?

Wolfsburg 0-1 Lyon

43 min: A really poor ball over the top from Janssen is easily gathered by Bouhaddi. She’s not had a great half, the Wolfsburg full-back.

Wolfsburg 0-1 Lyon

40 min: YELLOW! Marozsan is in the book now for a late challenge on Popp.

Wolfsburg 0-1 Lyon

39 min: The ball falls to Maroszan inside the Wolfsburg penalty area but she fails to get over it and slices it high and wide.

Think both sides are cautiously remaining tight at the end of this first half, not wanting to give anything away.

Wolfsburg 0-1 Lyon

36 min: Corner comes in but it’s deal with by Abt. Wolfsburg try and break but it comes to nothing. You can imagine the Germans will take going in at half-time just one goal down right now.

Wolfsburg 0-1 Lyon

34 min: Cascarino is the biggest threat of this game so far, she really is tearing Janssen apart here.

Again she gets to the byline and stands up a cross but it’s cleared away for a corner.

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