Lyon returned to the top of Ecu soccer with an 8th Champions League name courtesy of a excellent 3-1 victory over event favorites Barcelona in a gripping puncak in Turin.

However essentially the most embellished facet within the ladies’s recreation began fantastically, urgent top and choosing aside the Catalans to fee right into a 3-0 first-half lead.

Amandine Henry struck an excellent long-range strike to provide them a lead that was once doubled by way of a header from Tersua Hegerberg, returning to Europe’s largest degree for the primary time since her 20-month damage lay-off.

The Norwegian ahead then became supplier to arrange Catarina Macario for a close-range end to go away a shell-shocked Barca reeling.

Ballon d’Or holder Alexia Putellas gave Barcelona hope simply sooner than the damage with a low end – her thirty third function of the season and eleventh of this Champions League marketing campaign.

Jonatan Giraldez’s facet then threw the whole thing they may at Lyon, together with an bold effort from Patricia Guijarro from just about midway that hammered the bar, however the French facet held company to reclaim the Ecu crown they remaining held in 2020.

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