Juventus Record Biggest Win In Club History As Arsenal Deny Wolfsburg Victory
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
Italian Serie A Women Champions, Juventus recorded a 2-1 win over the most successful team in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) in the quarter-final first leg encounter on Wednesday in Turin, Italy.
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Lyon had a 0-1 lead at halftime as Catarina Macario had scored the first goal of the game in the eighth minute.
A red card issued to Lyon defender, Ellie Carpenter in the 62nd minute changed the complexion of the game.
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Cristiana Girelli capitalized on the failure of Lyon’s goalkeeper, Sarah Bouhaddi to handle a cross from the left corner as the former equalised for Juventus in the 71st minute.
After replacing Cristiana Girelli in the 81st minute, Agnese Bonfantini two minutes later scored the winning goal for Juventus as she received a pass from Ariana Caruso and hit a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the post.
Juventus will take the one-goal lead to the German for the return leg on March 31, 2022.
Meanwhile…
The women’s soccer team at VfL Wolfsburg narrowly missed out on a win in the first leg of the quarter-finals in the Champions League. The Bundesliga leaders only drew 1-1 at English leaders Arsenal on Wednesday evening, but this put them in a good position for the second leg.
The second game will take place on March 31st in the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg.
After Tabea Waßmuth gave VfL the lead in the 19th minute in front of 5,018 spectators at the Emirates Stadium, Lotte Wubben-Moy scored the deserved equalizer for the hosts shortly before the end (89th).
The Wolfsburg women started well and put Arsenal under pressure early on. The reward: In the 19th minute, Waßmuth gave the visitors the lead with a header.
After that, the green-whites withdrew a long way and came under increasing pressure towards the end of the first half. After the change of sides, VfL got a little braver again but were unlucky that Waßmuth and Jill Roord only hit the post (61st).
In the final stages, the English women pushed for an equalizer and were rewarded in the end.
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