Decisive week for Olympique de Lyon and Bayern in the Champions League. And not only in the men's, with the crossing that will take place today (9:00 p.m.) in the semifinals of Lisbon. Both teams will also face each other in the women's category, with the crossing being in the quarterfinals next Saturday (20:00) in Bilbao. It is one of the curiosities that this atypical Champions League leaves us, which coincides in both categories with a final to eight held as a single match. The difference between the two editions is found in the venue, Lisbon being the city chosen for men and Bilbao and San Sebastián for women.
The French team is the great favorite at the crossroads of the Women's Champions League, a competition in which they have an overwhelming dominance, with six Champions in the last ten years, four in a row. So much so that his balance in the quarterfinals is ten wins and no losses. For their part, Bayern accumulates a victory and a defeat in this round, being also the only German team that has not won this competition.
This will be Lyon's twelfth meeting against a German club after meeting Duisburg, Turbine Potsdam, FFC Frankfurt and Wolfsburg. The French side beat Wolfsburg in the 2016/17 and 2018/19 quarter-finals, and have been the best in seven of the previous eleven heats against German teams., including four of the six finals played. Bayern have lost the two previous qualifying rounds against French clubs: 4-1 on aggregate against Paris in the 2016/17 quarter-finals and 1-0 against Montpellier after extra time in the second leg played at home in the Round of 16 end of 2009/10.