The Lyonnaises have a meeting in Roman lands. To face AS Roma this Wednesday (9 p.m.) in the Women’s Champions League with the objective of taking the lead in Group A, they will be able to count on their star striker Tabitha Chawinga.
Lyon enters this meeting at the top in good form after beating its great rival, PSG (1-0), which allowed it to regain its position as leader of the French championship which it consolidated by going to crush Guingamp (8 -0) Friday. A defector from PSG where she only stayed for a year, the Malawian who signed a three-year contract this summer with Olympique Lyonnais until 2027, was the only scorer against the Parisians. She then scored three goals against the Bretonnes, bringing her total to five in division 1.
Limited experience in women’s C1
On the other hand, her counter has not yet been opened in the Champions League where she only has two assists. The player has only limited experience of top-level European football. She played from 2014 to 2018 in Sweden in 3e et 2e divisions then in Elite before joining Jiangsu LFC then Wuhan Jianghan University in China. Then loaned to Inter Milan in 2021, she was crowned top scorer in the Italian championship in 2023 before signing, again on loan, to PSG.
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“I like to come to a club that wins a lot of trophies and not just in the French championship,” she confided upon her arrival at OL, expressing her wish to win the European Cup. For this meeting in Italy, coach Joe Montemurro, who also arrived this summer, managed the freshness of his players. He will find Wendie Renard, Ada Hegerberg and Lindsay Horan who did not make the trip to Guingamp where Kadidiatou Diani, replacement, did not come into play.
Both teams have two wins and six points, but the Romans are first thanks to their better goal difference (+6 against +5). Wolfsburg and Galatasaray, with two defeats, are at zero. Roma and OL will play the return match on November 20 at Groupama stadium.
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