Six wins, eighteen goals scored, only one conceded, the Fenottes largely dominated their three opponents to take first place in the group. For this last day, he dominated Wolfsburg in a duel without stakes. A fact very quickly felt, with a promising poster on paper, but ultimately without intensity or great technical quality.
“Tonight, we saw a match between two teams that had already qualified. It was different from what we are used to playing. I told the players that it was time to send a message to the other teams and say “We are qualified, there is no pressure, but we will maintain the same level of requirements and performance.” It wasn’t an easy match tonight but it’s important to know how to win these matches.” coach Joe Montemurro said.
However, mission accomplished for the Fenottes, Olympique Lyonnais managed a faultless run in the group stage of the Champions League. Australian defender Ellie Carpenter said: “The objective was to win all the matches in the group stage and we managed to do that. The start of the season is very good. We managed not to lose a single match, which is very positive. It wasn’t the perfect match but we managed to take the 3 points against a good Wolfsburg team.”
A speech also given by Tabitha Chawinga: “We had a good start to the season. We won all our Champions League group stage matches. The 6/6 was important for confidence. The group was not easy with Roma, Wolfsburg and Galatasaray, but we have prepared well to face all these teams and we can’t wait to play the quarters.”
With this victory over the smallest of brands, OL leaves for the end-of-year holidays before returning to the French Cup in January.
Agbemégno DAGBOVI
