Holders Lyon, PSG set up allFrench Women’s Champions League semis

BILBAO: Lyon stayed on course for a fifth successive Women’s Champions League title with a 2-1 quarter-final win over Bayern Munich.

The victory set-up a last-four clash against French rivals Paris St Germain who ended English hopes with a 2-1 win against Arsenal.

English international Nikita Parris gave six-time champions Lyon a 41st minute lead thanks to a pass from Eugenie Le Sommer.

Amel Majri added a second goal just before the hour off a curling freekick.

Carolin Simon cut the deficit for Bayern on 64 minutes and was desperately unlucky when she hit the crossbar 15 minutes later.

Bayern may have failed to emulate their men’s team by reaching the Champions League final but PSG can still make it a double for the French capital.

Marie-Antoinette Katoto gave PSG a 15th-minute lead with a smart volley from a corner but Bethany Mead levelled for the Londoners, who were champions in 2007, six minutes before the break.

Young Danish star Signe Bruun hit the winner for the French side in the 77th minute with Katoto the provider.

■ MILAN: Juventus picked up where they left off with a 2-0 win over Verona as a new season of Serie A women’s football kicked off on Saturday after a six-month coronavirus break.

Rita Guarino’s Juventus were awarded a third consecutive Serie A title when the season was halted back in February, the Turin side having a nine-point gap on second-placed Fiorentina with six games to play.

Cristiana Girelli and Arianna Caruso’s goals sealed a Juventus win in Verona, where the champions also triumphed in their last match before the lockdown. — AFP