Here is Sid Lowe’s report ...
The Player of the Match is Delphine Cascarino, who ran Wolfsburg ragged in the first half and played a big part in the first two goals.
Gunnarsdottir and Harder, team-mates until recently, embrace at the final whistle. It must be so hard for Wolfsburg, who have now lost to Lyon in each of the last five seasons. There isn’t a huge gap between the teams, but there is a gap, and both teams know it.
LYON ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE FOR THE SEVENTH TIME!
Full time: Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon Peeeeeeep peeeeeeep! Lyon have won their seventh Champions League and their fifth in a row. Wolfsburg threatened a second-half comeback but in the end Lyon had more nous and more quality. Eugenie Le Sommer, Saki Kumagai and Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir scored the goals; Kumagai’s, a screamer just before half-time, left Wolfsburg with too much to do in the second half.
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90+4 min And Melvine Malard replaces Amel Majri.
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90+3 min Alex Greenwood, who is also leaving Lyon this summer, comes on to replace the superb Eugenie Le Sommer.
90+3 min Hendrich’s speculative ball into the area is headed well wide by Engen.
90+1 min Another corner to Lyon. Unsurprisingly, that third goal has obliterated Wolfsburg’s morale.
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90 min Six minutes of added time.
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Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, who started the season with Wolfsburg, has finished them off in the Champions League final. A Lyon corner broke to Le Sommer, who smashed a half volley towards goal from the edge of the area. It was going wide of the far post, but Gunnarsdottir – who was running away from goal – reacted smartly to stick out a foot and divert it into the net.
GOAL GIVEN!
There’s a VAR check for offside. I think it’ll be okay.
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GOAL! Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon (Gunnarsdottir 87)
Lyon are champions of Europe again!
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86 min Wolfsburg are having all of the ball now. Lyon make a double change, with Jodie Taylor and Shanice van de Sanden replacing Marozsan and the brilliant Delphine Cascarino.
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85 min Rolfo is back on.
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84 min Bouhaddi is fine to continue. Rolfo looks a bit groggier and is being walked round the touchline; it will be a blow if she has to go off.
83 min Rolfo is also down after being sandwiched between Bouhaddi and Popp.
82 min Bouhaddi has stayed down and is receiving treatment.
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81 min Goessling’s corner is dropped by the stretching Bouhaddi, though the referee had blown for a free-kick.
81 min Rolfo runs at Buchanan and wins a corner for Wolfsburg. She has been excellent in the second half.
78 min Another Wolfsburg change: Pauline Bremer replaces Blasse.
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76 min Lyon are keeping Wolfsburg at arm’s length. It’s certainly not comfortable, but for now they have the game under control.
72 min Wolfsburg are having a bit of joy down the left. Rolfo turns Bronze and hits a cross that deflects off Gunnarsdottir and bounces through to the keeper Bouhaddi.
70 min Janssen’s long throw leads to an appeal for handball against Bronze in the area. There was nothing in it - she chested the ball onto her thigh and then volleyed it clear.
67 min A quiet spell in the game. Lots of hustle and bustle, from Wolfsburg in particular, but nothing to show for it.
63 min Engen volleys over from distance. Wolfsburg look so much more confident now though.
61 min A double change for Wolfsburg. The exciting teenager Lena Oberdorf and Pia-Sophie Wolter replace Huth and Pajor.
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59 min Wolfsburg, who looked beaten at the start of the second half, have a spring in their step now. This game is old and funny.
Out of nothing, Wolfsburg are back in the game! Rolfo moved down the left and clipped a cross towards the near post that was pushed away by the diving Bouhaddi. Pajor screwed a mishit shot across goal and Pajor reacted smartly to head into the net from five yards.
GOAL! Wolfsburg 1-2 Lyon (Popp 57)
Alexandra Popp has scored!
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55 min Huth’s cross pinballs around the Lyon area, almost falling kindly for Engen. Wolfsburg needed a break there.
54 min Wolfsburg have struggled all night to put Lyon under any sustained pressure. There was a five-minute spell after the first goal; that’s about it.
50 min Le Sommer shoots over from the edge of the box after another superb run from Cascarino. That was a decent chance.
50 min “Wolfsburg have strung together some decent passing combinations,” says Peter Oh, “but Lyon seem to have studied the VW manual and have stepped in at the crucial moments to break up the final ball.”
Yeah, they’re just a bit too powerful, a bit too dynamic. A bit too good.
48 min Lyon have picked up where they left off. Karchaoui charges into space down the left and cuts the ball back to Le Sommer, who clips a first-time shot that is pushed round the near post by Abt.
46 min Peep peep! Wolfsburg begin the second half.
Half time: Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon
Peep peep! Lyon are well on their way to a fifth consecutive Champions League. They have been a bit better in every department, and it’s hard to see a way back for Wolfsburg. The recalled Eugenie Le Sommer scored the opening goal, following up after her first shot was saved, and Saki Kumagai belted a second just before the break.
What a brilliant goal from Saki Kumagai. Wolfsburg struggled to clear Cascarino’s cross, and Lyon kept the ball alive on the edge of the area. Eventually it rolled to Kumagai, 20 yards out, and she whistled a left-foot shot into the bottom corner. Abt had no chance.
GOAL! Wolfsburg 0-2 Lyon (Kumagai 44)
Lyon go two-up on the stroke of half-time!
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41 min “True, because of the injury to Hegerburg and suspension to Parris, Le Sommer is playing the central striker role,” says Travis Giblin, “but, to be honest, she would have been playing regardless. She’s terrific, and would have found herself in the attacking midfield if they were at full strength.”
40 min Marozsan is booked for a late tackle on Popp.
39 min Kathrin-Julia Hendrich replaces Doorsoun-Khajeh.
39 min Marozsan hooks a bouncing ball over the bar from the edge of the area.
37 min Doorsoun-Khajeh tried to continue but she’s going to have to come off. She’s in tears on the touchline, a really sad sight. I think she twisted her left knee as she challenged Cascarino with her right foot.
34 min Cascarino tries to run Doorsoun-Khajeh, who makes an important lunging tackle to concede a corner. Had she got that wrong it would have been a penalty. As it is she has injured herself in making the tackle; there’s a break in play while she receives treatment.
31 min Wolfsburg have had much more of the ball since going behind, human nature being what it is, and Harder has had two or three really nice touches.
28 min When the corner is half cleared, Popp’s overhead kick goes high over the bar.
28 min Huth wins Wolfsburg’s first corner. They were passive at 0-0 but you’d expect that to change now.
26 min Le Sommer is only playing because of Ada Hederberg’s injury and Nikita Parris’s suspension. Life, life.
Eugenie Le Sommer gives Lyon the lead! They worked the ball superbly down the right, with Cascarino eventually cutting it back towards Le Sommer at the near post. Her shot on the turn was kicked away by Abt, who might have done better, and Le Sommer reacted quickest to crash the rebound into the net.
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GOAL! Wolfsburg 0-1 Lyon (Le Sommer 25)
One-nil!
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22 min Harder gets away from Renard on the left and crosses towards Pajor at the near post. Buchanan heads away but the ball hits Kumagai and loops back towards Pajor, who fresh-airs an attempted volley on the turn. It was a very difficult chance.
19 min This looks a bit ominous for Wolfsburg. Lyon have been much the better team so far.
18 min: Good save from Abt! Cascarino goes on a brilliant run through the inside-right channel, zipping away from Janssen on the edge of the area and cracking a shot that is punched behind at the near post by Abt.
17 min Gunnarsdottir’s imaginative long pass almost puts Marozsan through on goal. Abt slides to collect the ball, spills it and is glad to see it roll towards a green shirt.
16 min Lyon continue to dominate, though Wolfsburg will be happy that Abt hasn’t had much to do so far.
14 min Huth is booked for a bad tackle on Karchaoui.
11 min Another half chance for Renard, who heads onto the roof of the net from Marozsan’s long free-kick. She mistimed her jump and headed the ball up in the air rather than down towards goal. But the threat to Wolfsburg is pretty clear.
10 min “Evening Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “I’m rooting for Wolfsburg tonight, after they squeezed past Glasgow City in the quarter finals. Reflected glory is not to be sniffed at, especially for us Scots.”
8 min: Chance for Wolfsburg. Blasse’s long throw causes chaos in the Lyon area. Bouhaddi comes for the ball, gets nowhere near it, and eventually Harder smacks the bouncing ball over the bar from the edge of the box. That was a chance, certainly for her.
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7 min Marozsan drives a deep free-kick from the left towards Renard, who wins the ball emphatically and loops a header just wide of the far post. Abt had it covered, I think.
5 min Lyon have started really well, pinning Wolfsburg in their half for most of the first five minutes.
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2 min Kumagai’s long-range shot is straight at Abt, who holds on comfortably. Lyon have made a fast start.
1 min Peep peep! Lyon, in blue, kick off from right to left. Wolfsburg are in bright green.
Both teams break from their pre-match huddle and get into position. This is it, the 2020 Champions League final.
The players emerge from the tunnel on a cool evening in San Sebastian. It’s dry at the moment, though it might not stay that way.
“It’s not often we get the chance to watch a top-class final between two equally likeable teams, both of whom play attractive football and aren’t stained or corrupted by owner murkiness or celeb shenanigans,” says Charles Antaki. “Hard for the neutral to choose a preferred candidate. Only one team has the majestic Wendie Renard, though, so that settles it for me.”
England’s Lucy Bronze is playing her last game for Lyon; she’ll leave the club when her contract expires at the end of the month. The great Pernille Harder is also making her final appearance for Wolfsburg. She is reportedly moving to Chelsea this week.
Pre-match reading
Team news
Wolfsburg make two changes, both in defence: Anna Blasse and Lena Goessling replace Kathrin-Julia Hendrich and Joelle Wedemeyer.
Lyon make one change from the semi-final win over PSG, with Eugenie Le Sommer in for the suspended Nikita Parris up front. Amandine Henry is only fit enough for the bench.
Wolfsburg (4-4-2) Abt; Blasse, Goessling, Doorsoun-Khajeh, Janssen; Huth, Engen, Popp, Rolfo; Harder, Pajor.
Substitutes: Kassen, Kiedrzynek, Jakabfi, Hendrich, Oberdorf, Bremer, Rauch, Wolter, Dickenmann, Wedemeyer, Grawe.
Lyon (4-2-3-1) Bouhaddi; Bronze, Buchanan, Renard, Karchaoui; Gunnarsdottir, Kumagai; Cascarino, Marozsan, Majri; Le Sommer.
Substitutes: Gallardo, Talaslahti, Bacha, Henry, van de Sanden, Carpenter, Greenwood, Cayman, Taylor, Malard.
Referee Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
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Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Champions League final between Wolfsburg and Lyon in San Sebastian. This is a rare treat – a match that involves the best two teams in Europe, with all the grandeur that brings, yet still offers potential for an upset. Lyon are strongish favourites to win their fifth consecutive Champions League, mainly because they are trying to win their fifth consecutive Champions League. They are as near to omnipotent as dammit.
Another final against Wolfsburg has been on the cards since last November, when the draw for the quarter- and semi-finals kept them apart. And while Wolfsburg rode their luck in beating Barcelona in the semi-finals, their overall record this season is spectacular: 33 games, 31 wins, no defeats, 141 goals.
The problem is that Lyon have seen it all before. They’ve put Wolfsburg out en route to winning the trophy in each of the last four seasons, twice in the final and twice in the quarters, and you don’t need a psychology GCSE to know what that does to the mind. And though Lyon aren’t quite as devastating as they were a couple of years ago, their aura is more powerful as ever. They’ve been building it for 2118 days; that’s how long it is since they lost a Champions League tie.
It’s a Herculean task for Wolfsburg, though there is an upside. Winning the Champions League is euphoric at the best of times; imagine how good Wolfsburg will feel if they do it by finally overcoming their nemesis.
Kick off 7pm.
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