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(Wolfsburg-Lyon 1-3) Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg (25) was missing, but Lyon claimed their fifth consecutive Champions League trophy. The winning women honored their Norwegian teammate both during and after the final.
Wolfsburg, with Norway’s Ingrid Syrstad Engen (22) in the squad, performed heroically in the final in San Sebastian on Sunday night, but it wasn’t enough.
Ada Hegerberg has been out for just over six months due to a serious knee injury. Although the Champions League was postponed for several months due to the corona virus, she failed to prepare to play. Nor was she present in the final.
Eugénie Le Sommer honored Hegerberg by displaying “14”, the suit number of the Norwegian top scorer, after she made it 1-0. Afterward, the jubilant women of Lyon spread Hegerberg’s outfit.
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– Lyon has managed to build something big over time. There are a lot of players who want to go to Lyon. They can always choose from the top shelf and continue to deliver, declared former national team player Ingvild Isaksen in the Viasat studio.
“People were talking about it being a good time to get to know each other, because we lacked a lot of players, but we were clearly the best and the game was almost decided at half-time,” Lucy Bronze said in an interview shown on BT Sport.
– We definitely have the best squad in the world.
Wolfsburg kept a clean sheet for 25 minutes. But Delphine Cascarino cleared with her fists to corner a tremendous header from Eugénie Le Sommer, after a great cross from the left wing. So 1-0, and Lyon had gotten a hole in the boil.
The 31-year-old Frenchwoman has been to all of Lyon’s Champions League triumphs, so it was fortunate that she also made it 1-0. She got married just three weeks ago to a club employee. This is Le Sommer’s 27th trophy with Lyon.
DESPERATION: Ingrid Syrstad Engen (in green) with her back to the Lyon animators. Left winger Saki Kumagai, who just rose to 2-0. Lucy Bronze with the number 2 on the suit and to the right Delphine Cascarino, who made a great final. Photo: VILLAR LOPEZ / POOL
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Just before the break, it was 2-0, which made things a lot worse for the German team. No one pressured Saki Kumagai when he charged at 18-20 meters. The ball went into the net. Ingrid Syrstad Engen was among those who failed to stop the Japanese.
– She will be revealed about the ability to move the first two or three meters, said Lars Tjærnås as an expert in the Viasat study on that score.
– He is clearly visible on defense, but little involved on offense, Ingvild Isaksen said of the Trøndelag player after the first half.
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Wolfsburg, who became double champions in Germany, tried to go on the offensive in the second half, but also gave Lyon space. Delphine Cascarino continued to impress on the right side and gave Le Sommer a great opportunity to increase to 3-0, but the shot went over the goal.
HEDRET HEGERBERG: Eugenie Le Sommer shows’ no. 14 ”, that is, Ada Hegerberg, when she celebrates her first goal. On the left Sakina Karchaoui. Photograph: CLIVE BRUNSKILL / X01348
Instead, there was new excitement in the final when Wolfsburg fell to 2-1 in the 57th minute. The Lyon keeper did not impress when he finished off Alexandra Popp with a head on a post from Ewa Pajor.
Wolfsburg fans began to think about what happened in 2014 when the club came back and won after being trailing 0-2 in the final against Swedish Tyresö.
But Lyon is more than Tyresö.
Wolfsburg had a lot of the ball, but Wendie Renard and the Lyon defense stayed close to Ingrid Syrstad Engen and the rest of the German team.
Then Le Sommer hit, and Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir sent the ball further into the net with a “hockey check.” Score against your former employer and 3-1.
The Icelander moved from Wolfsburg to Lyon a few weeks ago.
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– The Lyons are simply too good, too victorious, too mechanical, said Lars Tjærnås in the Viasat studio.
– You get tired of losing to Lyon, Wolfsburg’s Pernille Harder admitted in an interview that was shown on Viasat. He declined to comment on reports that he is heading to Chelsea.
The club reached the final this time after a semi-final victory over French rival Paris Saint-Germain. Lyon have not lost a mandatory match since the French Cup final against PSG in May 2018.
Olympique Lyon also won the Champions League in 2010/11 and 2011/12, taking their seventh title overall. This was his ninth Champions League final in 11 years.
Wolfsburg-Lyon was the Champions League final for the fourth time in just seven years: 2013, 2016, 2018 and now 2020.
Wolfsburg stopped Lyon’s winning streak in the Champions League when they won the final in 2013. But in both 2016 and 2018, Lyon won, and now in 2020 as well.
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