{"id":19893,"date":"2026-05-02T15:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/brands-late-goal-helps-ol-lyonnes-beat-arsenal-3-1-to-reach-womens-champions-league-final\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:43:34","slug":"brands-late-goal-helps-ol-lyonnes-beat-arsenal-3-1-to-reach-womens-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/brands-late-goal-helps-ol-lyonnes-beat-arsenal-3-1-to-reach-womens-champions-league-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand\u2019s late goal helps OL Lyonnes beat Arsenal 3-1 to reach women\u2019s Champions League final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LYON, France (AP) &mdash; Forward Jule Brand scored the decisive goal in the 86th minute as OL Lyonnes beat titleholder Arsenal 3-1 to reach the Women&rsquo;s Champions League final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from captain Wendie Renard and striker Kadidiatou Diani put Lyon 2-0 up at halftime, but Alessia Russo&rsquo;s competition-leading ninth goal looked to have sent the game into extra time. <\/p>\n<p>But Brand latched onto Melchie Dumornay&rsquo;s pass to make it 4-3 on aggregate for record eight-time champion Lyon, which lost the first leg 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon will face either Bayern Munich or three-time champion Barcelona. They play on Sunday and are locked at 1-1 after the first leg in Germany, when Bayern goalscorer Franziska Kett was sent off for pulling the hair of an opponent.<\/p>\n<p>The final will be in Oslo on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>A frantic opening at Groupama Stadium saw a header from Lyon midfielder Lindsey Heaps ruled out following a video review.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>But VAR went Lyon&rsquo;s way midway through the first half when a penalty was awarded after defender Lotte Wubben-Moy fouled Dumornay from behind.<\/p>\n<p>Renard scored the penalty on her second attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar saved the first one but the kick was re-taken for encroachment in the area, and Renard sent her the wrong way with her second effort.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal benefited from two defensive blunders to win the first leg 2-1 in London, but struggled from corners against Lyon.<\/p>\n<p>A corner from the left led to Lyon&rsquo;s second goal in the 36th when Diani adroitly guided the ball in at the back post. ___<\/p>\n<p>AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Brand&rsquo;s late goal helps OL Lyonnes beat Arsenal 3-1 to reach women&rsquo;s Champions League final<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LYON, France (AP) &mdash; Forward Jule Brand scored the decisive goal in the 86th minute as OL Lyonnes beat titleholder Arsenal 3-1 to reach the Women&rsquo;s Champions League final on Saturday. Goals from captain Wendie Renard and striker Kadidiatou Diani put Lyon 2-0 up at halftime, but Alessia Russo&rsquo;s competition-leading ninth goal looked to have&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/brands-late-goal-helps-ol-lyonnes-beat-arsenal-3-1-to-reach-womens-champions-league-final\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Brand\u2019s late goal helps OL Lyonnes beat Arsenal 3-1 to reach women\u2019s Champions League final&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}