OL Lyonnes will stick with a 3-4-3 against Chelsea on Wednesday at 21:00, Mala Grohs continues in goal. According to L’Équipe, Tarciane starts in defence and Caroline Weir joins Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Melchie Dumornay up front.
A week on from their 8-0 win over Servette, OL Lyonnes return to Europe to face Sonia Bompastor’s Chelsea.
Jonatan Giraldez retains the 3-4-3, with Grohs again preferred to Christiane Endler. The back three is Ingrid Engen, Tarciane and Selma Bacha, who captains. The midfield is Jule Brand, Damaris Egurrola, Lily Yohannes and Salma Paralluelo, with Weir, Katoto and Dumornay in attack, Katoto having hit a hat-trick last week.
Bompastor has also gone 3-4-3 for Chelsea. The Lyonnaises will face their former coach and, from the start, four ex-team-mates, Lucy Bronze who captains the Blues, Ellie Carpenter, Kadeisha Buchanan and Melvine Malard.
Chelsea’s XI is Hampton, Bronze, Buchanan, Buurman, Carpenter, Walsh, Potter, Thompson, Kaptein, Malard and Nüsken.
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