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Olympique Lyonnais grabbed a superb 2-1 win at Paris St Germain in their all-French women's Champions League semi-final second leg on Sunday to complete a 5-3 aggregate win that secured them a final showdown against Barcelona in Bilbao on May 25.
With Lyon having overturned a 2-0 deficit to win the first leg 3-2 after a thrilling comeback, fullback Selma Bacha netted their first goal in the third minute, catching the PSG keeper unawares and drilling a low shot into the bottom right corner.
The home side struck back four minutes before the break through striker Tabitha Chawinga, who picked up the ball outside the box before advancing and lashing a left-footed effort across the goal and in at the far post for her fifth Champions League goal of the season.
Eight-time champions Lyon wasted a number of good second-half chances before Melchie Dumornay finally slotted home the winner in the 81st minute to wrap up the 5-3 aggregate win.
On Saturday, Barcelona overturned a 1-0 deficit by winning 2-0 away to Chelsea with Aitana Bonmati and Fridolina Rolfo getting the goals.
The two sides have won the last eight Champions League finals between them, with Lyon defeating Barcelona in the finals in 2019 and 2022.
PSG vs Lyon LIVE: Women's Champions League semi-final updatesLyon travel to the capital having completed a stunning 10-minute turnaround last week
PSG XI: Picaud; Gaetino, De Almeida, Samoura; Le Guilly, Geyoro, Groenen, Karchaoui; Baltimore, Katoto, Chawinga
Lyon XI: Endler; Carpenter, Gilles, Renard, Bacha; Horan, Damaris Egurrola, van de Donk, Diani, Dumornay, Cascarino
GOAL! Bacha extends Lyon's aggregate lead with a long-range effort (0-1, Bacha 3') (agg 2-4)
GOAL! Chawinga levels on the day from inside the box! (1-1, Chawinga 42') (agg 3-4)
GOAL! Dumornay caps off excellent performance as she slides it past Picaud (1-2, Dumornay 82') (agg 3-5)
FT: PSG 1-2 Lyon - Lyon through to the final!17:06 , Chris Wilson
So Lyon are deservedly through the Women's Champions League final in Bilbao, having beaten domestic rivals PSG 5-3 on aggregate.
In truth the damage was done last week, and once Bacha's early goal went in there was no coming back from PSG, despite a valiant effort.
The competition's most successful side will once again contest the final as they face Barcelona in Bilbao on 25 May.
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And here was the excellent team goal that settled the tie for good!
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Tabitha Chawinga briefly got PSG back into the tie with this excellent effort!
FT: PSG 1-2 Lyon17:00 , Chris Wilson
Here's the goal that gave the visitors the lead!
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FULL-TIME! The game is petering out now as PSG's hopes fade, though the crowd is still in fine voice at the Parc des Princes.
The final whistle blows, and Lyon are heading to Bilbao to face Barcelona in the final on 25 May!
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95 mins: A lovely early ball across from Becho, but Majri can't collect.
Lyon are heading for Bilbao!
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94 mins: Dumornay has the chance to really settle the tie as she drives at the PSG defence, but she has no support. She opts for the long-range effort, but it flies over.
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94 mins: Vangsgaard clips in an inviting cross but Chawinga can't get on the end of it.
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92 mins: PSG are wasteful from the corner and again from the ensuing attack. Looks like it might be comfortable for Lyon.
PSG 1-2 Lyon16:51 , Chris Wilson
91 mins: Karchaoui is fouled near the Lyon box and the home side have an opportunity for a dangerous free-kick.
Karchaoui delivers, but Endler punches it away.
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90 mins: There'll be seven minutes of added time. Enough for PSG to force extra time?
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90 mins: Bacha comes off for Lyon, and Morroni is on in her place.
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89 mins: Chawinga is still trying to muster something in attack, but Carpenter deals with it well.
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87 mins: CLOSE! Lovely play from PSG as Karchaoui plays a one-two on the edge of the box, but she's tackled just before she could get the shot away. Bacha with the decisive intervention.
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86 mins: Vangsgaard hits a left-footed shot from the edge of the box, but it's too tame to bother Endler.
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85 mins: Will there be another twist in the tale of this enthralling tie? PSG are looking for one, but no luck so far.
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84 mins: PSG make changes with under 10 minutes to go. Lieke Martens comes on for Sandy Baltimore, while Jackie Groenen is replaced by Korbin Albert.
GOAL! PSG 1-2 Lyon16:41 , Chris Wilson
80 mins: GOAL! And that should be that!
After a lull in attacking activity from both sides, Lyon break. Dumornay collects on halfway before spreading it wide to Becho. She slides in a cross to Majri, whose lovely cushioned touch lays it off to the onrushing Dumornay, who completes the move by sliding it into the bottom-right corner.
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75 mins: A brief break in play as Bacha is down after a hard challenge. Lyon win a corner after van de Donk's shot is deflected behind.
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73 mins: PSG's first substitution as Le Guilly comes of for Vangsgaard.
For Lyon, Diani is replaced by Vicki Becho.
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71 mins: Samoura loses possession cheaply, and there's a lull in activity as both teams exchange possession too easily.
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70 mins: Renard does well to shepherd the ball away from Katoto, but PSG attack again.
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67 mins: The penalty shout is ignored and we resume play after Picaud is treated for an injury.
Lyon attack again straight away, but they lose possession after Damaris' foul.
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There are shouts for a penalty to Lyon as Picaud spilled the high ball from Horan's shot.
Van de Donk was chasing the ball and Geyoro slipped as she went for the challenge, seemingly bringing down the Dutch midfielder.
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64 mins: Dumornay clips in a cross that runs past every Lyon player, but Horan collects and tries to squeeze in a shot, which lands on top of the goal.
Right after, Bacha's shot is parried as far as Diani, who lays it off to Dumornay, but the latter's powerful shot is saved well by Picaud.
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From the corner, Picaud spills it but she was fouled in the process.
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57 mins: Both Ellie Carpenter and Sakina Karchaoui are booked in quick succession for a couple of cynical fouls.
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56 mins: Lyon break again as Dumornay carries the ball towards the box. She has both Diani and Majri as options, and chooses the latter, but Majri is dispossessed.
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55 mins: A great run for Karchaoui down the left. She lays it off to Chawinga, but there's nobody in the box to meet her cross.
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52 mins: CLOSE! Dumornay breaks free as the ball rolls to her near halfway. She gets away from Gaetino and hits a shot straight at Picaud!
She collects the rebound but can't get the shot away, and it deflects to Horan, who has a shot herself which bounces over.
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49 mins: Groenen was down briefly but she's back up on her feet, and she wins the ball back in midfield soon after.
PSG can't make anything of their possession though.
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47 mins: Lyon made one change at half-time, by the way.
Cascarino has been replaced by Amel Majri, the scorer of last week's winning goal.
PSG 1-1 Lyon16:05 , Chris Wilson
46 mins: It's Lyon on the front foot as we begin the half.
Bacha delivers a free-kick into the box, but it goes straight to Picaud.
KICK-OFF! PSG 1-1 Lyon16:03 , Chris Wilson
KICK-OFF! PSG get us underway in the second half.
HALF-TIME! PSG 1-1 Lyon15:57 , Chris Wilson
An intriguing game in what has been an enthralling tie.
Bacha scored early to ease any Lyon nerves, and despite the away side being fairly dominant and the most threatening of the two sides, PSG made their way back into it thanks to some exceptional work from Chawinga.
All to play for in the second half here!
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47 mins: HALF-TIME! Katoto is fouled as PSG counter. From the free-kick, Chawinga swings the ball in but Endler collects it, and the referee brings the half to an end!
Level on the day, 4-3 to Lyon in the tie, but PSG are still very much in this.
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46 mins: Cascarino intercepts Katoto's pass in midfield, and Lyon look to capitalise through Durmornay, who surges into the box but has her cross cut out by De Almeida.
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45 mins: There'll be two minutes of added time at the end of the half.
Lyon are keeping possession as the half draws to a close, but can't create anything.
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42 mins: Diani cuts in and hits a powerful shot at Picaud, who makes a fairly comfortable save.
GOAL! PSG 1-1 Lyon15:44 , Chris Wilson
40 mins: GOAL! Lyon are asleep and PSG are level on the day.
PSG win possession near the Lyon box and Katoto plays it to Chawinga, who drives into the area, stands up her defender and hits a shot across goal that manages to squeeze in at the far post!
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38 mins: Karchaoui clips the ball in but it's easily headed away.
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37 mins: van de Donk is briefly down injured.
Up the other end, PSG attack again. Karchaoui is fouled near the Lyon box.
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34 mins: CLOSE! Lyon go down the other end as Horan slips it to Cascarino, who beats her defender. She cuts the ball back across the box and it bounces against the defender and flies towards goal, but Picaud makes a great reaction save.
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33 mins: Katoto gets her head to the corner but it runs past her teammates. She has a second chance, this time to unleash a shot, but it flies harmlessly over.
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32 mins: Chawinga spreads it wide to Karchaoui, who drives into the box and plays in an inviting cross which is turned behind for a corner.
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31 mins: Lovely play from Dumornay as she dummies the ball, letting it run through her legs, and surges towards the box. Her cross is cleared just before it reaches van de Donk.
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30 mins: Katoto is unlucky as she's fouled just as PSG looked to counter with a three-on-three.
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27 mins: CLOSE! Lyon threaten again and Dumornay gets in behind the defence. It looks like all she has to do is square it for a certain goal, but the squared pass is intercepted at the last moment.
PSG counter but Carpenter clears.
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25 mins: Dumornay plays Diani down the right, and the latter moves the ball to the outside and hits a deflected shot at Picaud.
PSG 0-1 Lyon15:24 , Chris Wilson
22 mins: 56 per cent of possession for the home side, but nothing to show for it yet.
Lyon break and Diani skips through two challenges with some lovely footwork, but she's offside.
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20 mins: Chawinga wins a corner after some good dribbling down the left. Katoto was her only option in the box.
The corner comes in and Gaetino gets her head to it, but she can't direct the header goalwards.
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19 mins: Lyon briefly had sustained possession, but the home side attack once more and Karchaoui is brought down again, this time by Cascarino.
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17 mins: Damaris plays Cascarino through on the left, but Samoura clears.
Horan delivers the corner to Diani in the box, but she can't get her shot through the sea of bodies.
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14 mins: Cascarino almost gets in behind for Lyon, but PSG win the ball back.
Lyon almost work a great chance as De Almeida misjudges a header and Durmonay slips in behind her, but no one can get on the end of the Lyon forward's ball across goal.
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12 mins: Great chance for PSG as Karchaoui plays the free-kick square to Groenen, who slides a ball to Chawinga in the Lyon box. She tries to square it but it's cleared behind.
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10 mins: The home side dominating possession now, and they look threatening, making several ventures into the Lyon box.
Karchaoui is brought down again, this time by van de Donk, who is booked.
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7 mins: Endler's first action as she collects a timid cross in.
PSG 0-1 Lyon15:08 , Chris Wilson
6 mins: PSG have a bot of possession for the first time and Dumornay brings down Karchaoui.
The home crowd is refusing to die down despite the early goal.
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4 mins: Lyon come again and Dumornay tries to play the ball across the box, but De Almeida slides in to make the interception and Picaud collects.
GOAL! PSG 0-1 Lyon15:05 , Chris Wilson
2 mins: GOAL! Barely had a moment to begin and Lyon are ahead at the Parc!
Bacha takes a corner, playing it short to Dumornay. The forward returns the pass to Bacha, who's on the edge of the box and rifles an effort into the bottom corner at the near post! Looks like it caught Picaud by surprise.
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1 min: Diani makes the first foray into the box for Lyon but the home side clear.
KICK-OFF! PSG 0-0 Lyon15:02 , Chris Wilson
KICK-OFF! The away side get us underway.
Dumornay starts in the centre forward position for Lyon.
PSG vs Lyon LIVE14:59 , Chris Wilson
The team are out at the Parc des Princes and kick-off is moments away.
Is PSG vs Lyon on TV?14:50 , Chris Wilson
A reminder of how to watch today's game as we approach kick-off.
The match will kick off at 3:00pm BST on Sunday 28 April, and you can watch all the action unfold live and for free on DAZN.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of the Women's Champions League semi-finals.
Emma Hayes slams 'worst decision in Champions League history' as Chelsea 'robbed' place in final14:45 , Chris Wilson
And Emma Hayes said her Chelsea team were on the wrong end of the "worst decision in Women's Champions League history" when referring to that aforementioned second yellow card.
Hayes believed Chelsea were "robbed" after the referee Iuliana Demetrescu sent off defender Kadeisha Buchanan for a second yellow card early in the second half, with the semi-final tie in the balance on aggregate following Chelsea's narrow victory in Spain last week.
Barcelona were then awarded a late penalty when Aitana Bonmati was brought down by a combination of Jess Carter and Ashley Lawrence - a decision Hayes said was "equally soft" - and Fridolina Rolfo converted to send Barcelona through to the Bilbao final and a shot at a third title in four years.
Barcelona wreck Chelsea's Champions League dream to leave Emma Hayes with one regret14:40 , Chris Wilson
A reminder that the winner of today's tie will face Barcelona in the final in Bilbao on 25 May.
The Catalan side scraped through in a controversial second leg against Chelsea yesterday, with a second yellow for Buchanan and a penalty decision among the contentious calls that helped to put Emma Hayes' side out of the competition in her final season.
Head-to-head14:30 , Chris Wilson
The two sides have a storied past in this competition, having met 11 times.
The most notable meeting between the two sides in this competition was the 2016/17 final, where Lyon won 7-6 on penalties. Most recently, Lyon won 5-3 in the 2021/22 semi-finals.
Lyon have won seven of the matches in total, while PSG have won two and two have ended as draws.
PSG have only progressed in two of the six ties between the two clubs, having won in the round of 16 in 2014/15 and the quarter-finals in 2020/21.
In the league this season, Lyon won away in Paris while the two sides drew in southern France.
How the sides are faring14:20 , Chris Wilson
Both sides have played since last week's first leg, with PSG facing off against local rivals Paris FC.
They laboured to a 1-1 draw, while Lyon beat Guingamp 2-1 to extend their lead at the top of the league to 11 points.
Lyon team news14:12 , Chris Wilson
For Lyon, Sonia Bompastor has made two changes to the side that completed that dramatic comeback last week.
In defence, Vanessa Gilles comes in for Griedge Mbock Bathy, while in attack, Danielle van de Donk replaces Vicki Becho.
Team news14:07 , Chris Wilson
For the home side, coach Jocelyn Precheur makes one change to the side that lost 3-2 in Lyon. Thiniba Samoura comes into a five-at-the-back in place of Korbin Albert.
Team news14:02 , Chris Wilson
LYON XI: Endler; Carpenter, Gilles, Renard, Bacha; Horan, Damaris Egurrola, Dumornay; Diani, van de Donk, Cascarino
SUBS: Belhadj, Benkarth, Marques, Morroni, Sombath, Sylla, Marozsan, Mendy, Becho, Mari.
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PSG XI: Picaud; Gaetino, De Almeida, Samoura; Le Guilly, Geyoro, Groenen, Karchaoui; Baltimore, Katoto, Chawinga.
SUBS: Kiedrzynek, Szperkowska, Martens, Fazer, Vangsgaard, Tounkara, Albert, Folquet, Ebayilin, Traore, Elimbi Gilbert.
Early team news13:50 , Chris Wilson
PSG are without Clare Hunt and Oriane Jean-Francoic. Marie-Antoinette Katoto is PSG's top scorer in the Champions League and is one goal behind Kadidiatou Diani, who leads the tournament with eight so far.
Lyon were already without Eugenie Le Sommer, but Frances's record scorer has been joined on the sidelines by Sara Dabritz. Ada Hegerberg is a doubt after sitting out the first leg last week, as is Dzsenifer Marozsan.
Is PSG vs Lyon on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch Women's Champions League13:40 , Chris Wilson
Paris Saint-Germain host Lyon in the Women's Champions League semi-finals after a thrilling first-leg between the French rivals last week.
Lyon pulled off a stunning late comeback to snatch a 3-2 win at home after PSG took a two-goal lead and looked set to claim a place in the Bilbao final.
The match will kick off at 3:00pm BST on Sunday 28 April, and you can watch all the action unfold live and for free on DAZN.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of the Women's Champions League semi-finals.
PSG vs Lyon LIVE: Women's Champions League semi-final updates13:31 , Chris Wilson
Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the Women's Champions League semi-final second leg between PSG and Lyon.
We'll have plenty of build-up to the game, as well as live text coverage and post-match reaction.