An expired purpose of Icelandic Sara Bjork Gunnarsd-ttir sealed Olympique Lyonnais’ victory in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final for the fifth consecutive year in San Sebastian, tying a 60-year record set by Real Madrid that won the first five editions of the men’s event. European Cup.
Goals from Eugenie Le Sommer and Saki Kumagai in the first half gave Lyon a decisive part-time advantage. Although Alexandra Popp withdrew one for German champion VfL Wolfsburg at the beginning of the part of the moment, a purpose of Gunnarsd-ttir, a player who represented Wolfsburg for the season’s highest before joining Olympique Lyonnais in July, the adjustment in favor of the protective champions.
Gunnarsd-ttir will occupy a place in history after a 2019-2020 football season artificially prolonged by the coronavirus pandemic beyond the length of its playing contract on June 30. Having won medals in the German league and cup with VfL Wolfsburg, she has now won the Women’s Champions League with Olympique Lyonnais through goals against her former team in the final.
After the match, Wolfsburg goalscorer Alex Popp expressed her displeasure that a recent change in UEFA rules allowed her former teammate to play against the team she served for four years. “My non-public opinion is that he’s not happy with him yet that’s why we lost that match. We lost because we couldn’t impose our game (on Lyon) for 95 minutes. It has nothing to do with Sara, then Je spoke to her, we applauded and congratulated. She said “I’m sorry” in fact. That’s all, that’s all. “
This is the seventh record win of all time at the festival for the French side in the last ten seasons. top decorated in the history of the European Cup, breaking a 54-year record through Francisco Gento of Real Madrid.
Renard paid tribute to the club’s owner, Jean-Michael Aulas, who has purchased a succession of the club’s most important players over the years, and added Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan of the United States. “The president has been making an investment for years. We have to go through sixth (consecutive) now to break the record. We deserved our victory, even if the part of the moment wasn’t great. “
There is also a place in history for Lucy Bronze, who played her last game for Lyon after joining the club 3 seasons ago and by winning the Champions League in both, Bronze has become the eighth English player and the first woman. . , to win 3 European Cup titles and the first in history to win it in 3 consecutive years. Speaking after the match, he said: “Every time is special. It’s five in a row and I don’t see any club doing it anymore. It’s hard to be successful in the final in both one and one and in both years, much less win both in one as in both one and both occasions. “
Olympique Lyonnais manager Jean-Luc Vasseur, who took over the protective champions last summer, insisted there was more to come from his team. “We’re talking parity before. Now we have achieved it because Lyon is at the same point as Real Madrid in the 50s and 60s. We’re very happy. We had to make history. They started this process a few years ago and I don’t think they’re going to prevent it any time soon. “
After traveling the world watching football for 20 years, attending matches in more than 80 cities in approximately 40 countries, I have covered the Men’s and Women’s World Cups and
After traveling the world watching football for 20 years, attending matches in more than 80 cities in nearly 40 countries, I covered men’s and women’s World Cups and European Championships as a journalist. I also write for The Morning Star and the anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out I graduated from the University of Manchester with a law degree.