Carried by Melvine Malard, author of a double and a decisive pass, Lyon, despite a lack of realism and approximations in defense, won at the expense of FC Zürich (4-0), Wednesday in match of the 4th day of the Women’s Champions League (Gr.C). OL thus remain in the running for qualification for the quarter-finals. In the first leg, the Lyonnaises, reigning European champions, won 3-0 in Switzerland against the weakest opponent in the pool. These two successes were essential for OL, beaten 5-1 by Arsenal, at home, at the start of the event, and who conceded a draw against Juventus Turin (1-1), to continue to hope. place in one of the top two places.
Lyon is provisionally second in the standings pending the outcome of the Arsenal-Juventus match (9 p.m.). In front of an audience of some 2,000 spectators in a Groupama stadium that can hold 59,000, making the atmosphere gloomy, the Lyonnaises quickly took the advantage with a goal scored by the American Lindsay Horan who volleyed a cross delivered by Melvine Malard (13). But subsequently, OL showed a great lack of realism and struggled to make the score worse.
Nevertheless, Malard then netted a brace, both times with a header. She brought the score to 2-0 by taking a cross delivered by Selma Bacha (65) then to 3-0 after a cross from Delphine Cascarino (79), who added a fourth goal with a long shot (90 + 4 ). This positive result makes it possible to approach the reception of Paris Saint-Germain more calmly on Sunday (9:00 p.m.) for the shock of the French championship of which Lyon is leader with two points ahead of the Parisian club (2nd). But OL, which did not deliver a high-level performance from all points of view, will have to raise their level of play.