PARIS — Record eight-time champions Lyon are on the verge of yet another Women’s Champions League final, with coach Joe Montemurro hoping to lead the French side past his old club Arsenal in this weekend’s semi-final second leg.
Lyon beat the Gunners 2-1 in the first leg last Saturday at the Emirates Stadium, Haitian forward Melchie Dumornay scoring their late winner after Mariona Caldentey’s penalty for the hosts had cancelled out Kadidiatou Diani’s opener. They might no longer be the most feared team in European women’s club football since the rise in recent years of Barcelona, but Lyon have been unstoppable this season.
