Olympique Lyonnais, reigning French champion, joined PSG in the women’s D1 play-off final after their big home victory (6-0) over Reims in the semi-final on Sunday.
Too strong for Reims, surprise guest of these play-offs, the Lyonnaises opened the scoring thanks to their captain Wendie Renard, in the 12th minute, after a corner from Selma Bacha. Danielle Van de Donk (36th) and Amel Majri (43rd), on long shots, gave Lyon a comfortable advantage at half-time (3-0).
From the start of the second period, Kadidiatou Diani, with a double (56th, 66th) and Melchie Dumornay (58th) considerably worsened the score and definitively sent Lyon to the final of the play-offs. At home on Friday, OL will face Paris SG, a difficult winner of the Paris derby on penalties against PFC on Saturday in the other half.
Thanks to their respective victory, Lyon and PSG qualify for the Champions League next season. In addition to the French championship final, OL will play the C1 final this season, on May 25 against FC Barcelona in Bilbao.
The Rhone club will be able to count for this major deadline of its season on its Norwegian star Ada Hegerberg, injured in the calf for two months, and who made her return to competition against Reims, entering in the 76th minute in place of Van de Donk . The winner of the small final between Reims and the PFC, which will also be played on Friday, on the PFC pitch, will compete in the preliminary round of the next European Cup.
