Key events
12 min: PSG are back down the other end of the pitch, winning their third corner of the game. An in-swinging corner from Sandy Baltimore ultimately comes to nothing though.
7 min: Lyon are doing their utmost to stamp their authority on this game. This time it’s former PSG midfielder Lindsey Horan with an effort on goal. She finds herself in a good position, 18 yards from a goal, but her shot is tame and it’s an easy save for Constance Picaurd.
6 min: Lyon issue PSG with a warning. Delphine Cascarino receives the ball on the left and cuts in to let fire with her right foot. It’s a wicked shot that whistles over the bar.
2 min: PSG have started brightly. Tabitha Chawinga receives the ball on the right wing and spreads the play out to the left, finding Sakina Karchoui in the box. The French international runs at her defending menancingly before whipping a cross come shot back towards Chawinga. The forward can’t connect with it though and it’s out for a goal kick.
Kick off
1 min: Lyon get us underway, kicking from left to right.
The two teams line up in the tunnel and make their way onto the pitch. For Lyon, a chance to move a step closer to a ninth Champions League title. For PSG, an opportunity to close the gap between the sides and go one step further in this competition.
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A final against either Chelsea or Barcelona awaits the winner of this tie. Chelsea have drawn first blood in their semi-final. Check out Suzanne Wrack’s Barcelona v Chelsea match report.
A word on those teams
For Lyon there are three changes from the side who beat Saint Etienne 6-1 in their last league game. Amel Majri, Dzsenifer Marozsán and Alice Sombath make way for Lindsey Horan, Delphine Cascarino and Ellie Carpenter.
PSG also make three changes from their 3-3 draw with Guingamp. Grace Geyoro, Jackie Groenen and Elisa De Almeida replace Thiniba Samoura, Anaïs Ebayilin and Tara Elimbi Gilbert.
Let’s take a look at the teams
Lyon: Endler, Carpenter, Mbock Bathy, Renard, Bacha, Horan, Egurrola, Dumornay, Diani, Becho, D. Cascarino
Subs: Belhadj, Benkarth, Morroni, Majri, Van de Donk, Sombath, Sylla, Gilles, Ma. Mendy
PSG: Picaud, Le Guilly, Gaetino, De Almeida, Karchoui, Geyoro, Groenen, Albert, Chawinga, Katoto, Baltimore
Subs: Kiedrzynek, Szperkowska, Samoura, Martens, Vangsgaard, Tounkara, Folquet, Ebayilin, Traore, Elimbi Gilbert
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Preamble
Hello and welcome to live minute-by-minute coverage of Lyon v PSG in the Women’s Champions League semi-final.
It’s the most played fixture in the history of the competition, with four semi-final clashes between the sides alone. If history is anything to go by, Lyon should prevail because of their last three semi-final victories over PSG. They also have the edge over their domestic rivals in the Division 1 Féminine as Sonia Bompastor’s side sit at the top of the table.
But, football is a funny old game, and PSG will be encouraged by their 1-1 draw with Lyon in February. It took a last minute own goal from Elisa De Almeida to maintain Lyon’s unbeaten record in the league. Jocelyn Prêcheur’s team will be hoping to go one step further in their bid to win a first Champions League title.
It should be an exciting game. There’s only national pride at stake. Keep refreshing this page for updates.
Kick off is at 18:00 BST.
