Back from the United States where she was loaned to OL Reign (NWSL), controlled by the Rhone club, the 35-year-old Frenchwoman is currently replacing the incumbent, Chilean Christiane Endler, recovering from knee surgery.
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Need Hegerberg at his best
But OL will rely heavily on the return of their Norwegian striker, Ada Hegerberg, absent in the first leg due to gastroenteritis, to revitalize their attacking sector which lacked realism in Italy. “Ada is an outstanding goalscorer and a natural leader, so we definitely missed her because of her strength of character and her desire.“, defender Griedge Mbock told the regional daily in particular on Wednesday. Progress.
“There were other girls to take the lead on the field but it didn’t work“, again admitted the French international who rents”the total confidence of the workforce and the good atmosphere of a group where everyone gets along very well“. “It is important that we remain united to avoid doubts“, she added.
Represent French women’s football
But for OL, out of the running in the Coupe de France but determined to recover their European and national titles, it is important not to miss each other. The team and coach Sonia Bompastor, in office for a year, play on this meeting a large part of their future credit and that of French women’s football. This now faces strong competition from English clubs, first and foremost German, still, but also Spanish with FC Barcelona, reigning European champion, and now Italian with the emergence of Juve which concentrates all the transalpine talents in its workforce.
Olympique Lyonnais has also put the means to create a craze around this meeting and attract at least 20,000 spectators in the large enclosure of Décines-Charpieu, with a capacity of 59,000 places, which succeeds well for the team. women (20 wins in 24 matches, only 3 losses, 80 goals scored). “We ran a promotional campaign involving girls and boys who also play in the Europa League against West Ham to show that against Juve, it’s an important game“, explains Olivier Blanc, director of OL Women.
The 9:00 p.m. schedule is not well suited to family audiences who appreciate women’s football
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“We have also launched a promotional campaign with partners specific to women’s football and set up operations on tickets worth 5 to 20 euros and aimed at female football licensees but also from other disciplines and our 150 partner clubs“, also details Sam Primaut, marketing director of OL.We want there to be people on this match, more than for the reception of Bayern Munich (7,754 spectators, editor’s note) even if the 9:00 p.m. schedule is not well suited to family audiences who appreciate women’s football“, continues the latter.
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