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Football: Lyon edge PSG in Women's Champions League semi-final first leg

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Lyon" s="" Catarina="" Macario="" celebrates="" scoring="" her="" teams="" second="" goal="" during="" the="" UEFA="" Champions="" League="" group="" d="" soccer="" match="" between="" BK="" Hacken="" and="" Lyon="" at="" Bravida="" Arena="" in="" October="" File="" photo.="" Adam="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/04/25/lyon.jpg"/><figcaption>Lyon&#x27;s Catarina Macario (#13, C) celebrates scoring her teams second goal during the UEFA Women&#x27;s Champions League group D soccer match between BK Hacken and Lyon (Olympique Lyonnais) at Bravida Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden, 05 October 2021. File photo.<em> Adam Ihse, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LYON, France -- Seven-time champions Lyon came from a goal down to defeat French rivals Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 on Sunday in their Women&#x27;s Champions League semi-final first leg.</p><p>French champions PSG have never won the continental crown but they were in front after just six minutes on Sunday through Marie-Antoinette Katoto.</p><p>Lyon then replied with goals from Wendie Renard, who marked her 100th appearance in the competition with a 23rd-minute penalty, and two from American international Catarina Macario in the 34th and 51st minutes. </p><p>Macario has now scored in eight successive matches for club and country.</p><p>Poland&#x27;s Paulina Dudek reduced the deficit with a 58th-minute penalty to keep the capital city side in the tie ahead of the second leg at the Parc des Princes next Saturday.</p><p>&quot;We are satisfied with the victory,&quot; said Lyon coach Sonia Bompastor.</p><p>&quot;We deserved to win because we made sure to cause PSG&#x27;s mistakes by putting them under pressure.&quot;</p><div><strong>HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fo_xGj7q1gA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>PSG had not lost since their 6-1 defeat in the league at Lyon in November but they went into Sunday&#x27;s game under a cloud after midfielder Kheira Hamraoui was dropped following a training ground bust-up with teammate Sandy Baltimore.</p><p>Despite a poor performance, PSG goalkeeper Barbora Votikova, who had conceded the penalty with a clumsy challenge on Melvine Malard, redeemed herself with a decisive save in the fifth minute of stoppage time to keep out Ada Hegerberg.</p><p>In turn, Malard gave PSG their penalty after handling the ball in the area.</p><p>&quot;I have a quality squad and we assume everything collectively,&quot; said PSG coach Didier Olle-Nicolle of Votikova whose poor clearance had also led to Macario&#x27;s first goal.</p><p>A comical mix-up between Votikova and Dudek gifted Macario her second of the game as well.</p><p>&quot;Mistakes are part of the game. Our goalkeeper saved us a few times and at 3-2, she saved us at the end of the game.&quot;</p><p>In the other semi-final, played Friday, Barcelona crushed Wolfsburg 5-1 before a women&#x27;s world record crowd of 91,648 at the Camp Nou.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Seven-time champions Lyon came from a goal down to defeat French rivals Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 on Sunday.