Lyon vs Chelsea LIVE: Women's Champions League latest score ...
The Blues travel to France to face the current holders Lyon in the first leg of this quarter-final
Chelsea Women get ready to face Lyon in Women's Champions League
Chelsea resume their Women’s Champions League campaign tonight with the first leg of a testing quarter-final tie against holders Lyon.
Emma Hayes’ team have been a leading force in the domestic Women’s Super League but are yet to translate that dominance onto the European stage. Chelsea have been knocking on the door of European success in recent times and reached the final in 2021, however it has been 13 years since an English side last won the Women’s Champions League and the Blues must defeat the current holders to progress.
Lyon defeated Barcelona to reclaim their European crown for a record eighth time last season but finished second to Arsenal in Group C following a 5-1 thrashing to the Gunners at the start of the tournament. That set up this blockbuster quarter-final as Chelsea won Group A ahead of Lyon’s domestic rivals Paris Saint-Germain.
Follow all the updates from Lyon vs Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League, which can be watched for free on YouTube:
78 mins: Melvine Malard has replaced Delphine Cascarino for Lyon. Horan curls a cross into the middle for her but sends the pass too close to Berger who clings onto it for Chelsea.
There’s a growing frustration for Lyon now.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:27
75 mins: Chance! Lauren James floats another lovely pass over the top as Sam Kerr sprints in behind down the inside left channel. Kerr brings the ball under control and touches it into the box before drilling her shot over the crossbar!
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:22
72 mins: Close! A Chelsea corner gets whipped into the box and falls nicely for Sam Kerr. The forward isn’t able to get it out from under her own feet though and somehow Lyon manage to scurry it away.
Kerr will be disappointed with that one.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:20
69 mins: Emma Hayes makes a more defensive change as she replaces Erin Cuthbert with Niamh Charles. If Chelsea can take a one (or two) goal lead back home then it’ll be a massive result for the WSL leaders.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:19
66 mins: Sophie Ingle finds Lauren James in midfield and James dinks the ball into the right side of the box as Sam Kerr makes a nice run in behind the defence.
Christine Endler spots the run early and storms off her line to beat the striker to the ball and manages to smother it before Kerr has the chance to shoot.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:15
63 mins: Lyon have been buoyed by that chance from Cascarino. There’s now a nervous energy to Chelsea’s play as though they’re running out of options in possession.
A long ball comes over the top to Sam Kerr who brings it down and rolls a pass over to Guro Reiten. Reiten shoots but pulls her effort wide of the nearest post.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:11
60 mins: Off the post! Magdalena Eriksson makes a massive mistake after taking too long on the ball inside her own box. She ends up passing it over to Vicki Becho who slips in Delphine Cascarino.
Cascarino curls a shot at goal but rattles the left-hand post and Chelsea are reprieved!
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:09
59 mins: A couple more changes for Lyon now as they try to force an equaliser. Dzsenifer Marozsan and Perle Morroni are taken off and replaced with Danielle van de Donk and Selma Bacha.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:06
56 mins: Chance! Erin Cuthbert picks the pocket of Dzsenifer Marozsan and darts into the right side of Lyon’s penalty area. She lets fly with a right-footed shot and draws a dropping stop out of the goalkeeper.
Chelsea are creating the better chances. They haven’t had as many as Lyon but look more likely to score.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:03
54 mins: Morroni sprints into space on the left wing and brings a pacey diagonal pass under control. She whips a decent cross over to the opposite side of the box where Lindsey Horan arrives late and powers a header towards goal.
It’s a decent effort but Magdalena Eriksson is on hand to head the ball clear himself.
Michael Jones22 March 2023 19:01
