{"id":76721,"date":"2022-03-24T13:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=76721"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:56:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:56:36","slug":"juventus-stun-lyon-in-womens-champions-league-arsenal-leave-it-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=76721","title":{"rendered":"Juventus stun Lyon in Women’s Champions League, Arsenal leave it late"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Substitute Agnese Bonfantini fired Juventus to a 2-1 comeback victory over Lyon in the first leg of their Women's Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday while Arsenal needed a last-gasp goal to secure a 1-1 home draw with Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n

Seven-time champions Lyon took an early lead in Turin through Brazilian forward Catarina Macario and were huge favourites as they dominated early proceedings.<\/p>\n

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But the French powerhouses were reduced to 10 players just after the hour when Ellie Carpenter was sent off.<\/p>\n

Launched just five years ago, the Italians had never been at this stage of the Champions League but had a lively crowd in the Juventus stadium willing them on.<\/p>\n

A storming finish ensued with a leveller when Cristiana Girelli pounced on a loose ball on 71 minutes before a brilliant shot from substitute Bonfantini on 81 minutes won the night.<\/p>\n

“Lyon are the best team in the world, both individually and collectively,” said Juve coach Joe Montemurro.<\/p>\n

“The sending off gave us an advantage but I saw signs before that we were starting to exploit the space better.”<\/p>\n

At the Emirates in London, Tabea Wassmuth gave Wolfsburg the lead over Arsenal in the 19th minute, heading home a cross from the right from Maria-Joelle Wedemeyer.<\/p>\n

It was Wassmuth's ninth goal in the competition and kept her on top of the goal-scoring charts.<\/p>\n

Two-time champions Wolfsburg also hit the woodwork twice.<\/p>\n

However, Arsenal grabbed a deserved equaliser in the 89th minute against the Bundesliga leaders courtesy of Lotte Wubben-Moy who scored from inside the box after a free-kick from American star Tobin Heath.<\/p>\n

“It was a very good finish, a very special moment for her to come to this stadium and score a very important goal like this,” said Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall on Wubben-Moy, a club youth product.<\/p>\n

“You work with a player every day and she gets to live a moment like this – it's a special moment. In football, sometimes there are bad times and sometimes there are good times like that.”<\/p>\n

Wassmuth, voted player of the match, admitted her team should have finished the tie as a contest.<\/p>\n

“We are disappointed as we had chances to make it 2-0. But there is the second leg to play back home and we'll be ready for it,” she said.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Madrid 3-1 away with a double from Alexia Putellas.<\/p>\n

Paris Saint-Germain striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto also scored twice as they won 2-1 away to Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n

The second legs take place on March 30 and 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Substitute Agnese Bonfantini fired Juventus to a 2-1 comeback victory over Lyon in the first leg of their Women’s Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday while Arsenal needed a last-gasp goal to secure a 1-1 home draw with Wolfsburg. Seven-time champions Lyon took an early lead in Turin through Brazilian forward Catarina Macario and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":76722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n