Women’s Champions League: Lyon smash Servette 8-0, Barca bag five against Paris FC

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Last season’s runners-up Lyon hammered Servette 8-0 in their women’s Champions League opener on Wednesday to underline their title credentials, as holders Barcelona trounced Paris FC 5-2.

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France attacker Marie-Antoinette Katoto scored a hat-trick against the Swiss champions as fellow forward Melchie Dumornay claimed a double.

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Dumornay played a part in the opener as Laia Balleste scored an own goal, with Magdalena Sobal also putting the ball in her own net for the home team.

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Midfielder Ines Benyahia scored the eighth goal a minute from time for the record eight-time winners, who had rested a host of first-choice players for the game.

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“We wanted to start in the best way possible,” Dumornay told UEFA.

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“I’m very happy because we worked a lot together for this result and to avoid conceding a goal,” she added.

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Later, Barca began their title defence in an impressive fashion as Poland attacker Ewa Pajor netted twice in their march towards a fifth crown.

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Brazil forward Kerolin, Spain’s Clara Serrajordi and Norway’s Caroline Hansen were also on the scoresheet for the Catalans, who lost two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas to London City Lionesses over the summer.

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Elsewhere, Wieka Kaptein netted as Chelsea beat Austria Vienna 1-0 and OH Leuven drew 0-0 with Roma in Belgium.

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“It was a tough game,” Kaptein told Disney+.

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“They put pressure on us and made it a little bit more difficult. We could have scored more goals, and we needed to punish them more.

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“Overall, we won; it’s good, and now we need to focus on the next game.”

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On Tuesday, Manchester City fought from two goals down to grab a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich, and Arsenal left it late to edge Denmark’s HB Koge 1-0.

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AFP

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