Lyon: what Women s Champions League records do they hold? Sunday 18 April 2021 by Paul Saffer
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Lyon s five-year reign is over but they kept adding to their long list of competition records in 2020/21.
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It was a journey that started in August 2007 in front of around 100 people in a qualifying round match in North Macedonia, and one that has taken the UEFA Women s Champions League by storm.
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In October 2019, Lyon became the first club to play 100 matches in UEFA women s club competition, a 4-0 win away to Fortuna Hjørring in the first leg of the round of 16. From that opening game in what was then known as the UEFA Women s Cup – a 12-0 defeat of Slovakia s Slovan Duslo Šala in Strumica – they may not have improved on their margin of victory but have gone on to claim most of the club records in the competition, not least their seve
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The 2019 runners-up have one foot in the semi-finals after a convincing win in Italy. Lluís Cortés s team dominated possession from the off and, though the outstanding Ellie Roebuck initially kept them a bay, the pressure told ten minutes before the interval via a superb shot form Asisat Oshoala.
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