Well, who would have guessed that the game-winner goal in this final would have been by... Bouhaddi???
I don't understand why did Lyon sub out Ada so early, the rest of the game they lack of the central forward. Le Sommer serves better as a 2nd striker.
Yes, it had been mentioned somewhere that Hegerberg wasn't ok, and actually it showed: that rebound she missed, while alone in front of the goal, couldn't have been possibly missed by an healthy and "true" Hegerberg.
Ada in post-match interview to Norwegian media: "I'm lost for words and my body is totally drained. I couldn't make the runs I usually do. It's been some tough hours leading up to this game. I pondered.. should I play or shouldn't I? But heck..It's the Champions League final. You just go for it."
Why was Morgan subbed out so early? Was she already injured and thought she could make a go of it, or did she get injured in the match?
They were both injured, I guess. For Morgan, there's no doubt: her problem at the hamstring, that had kept her out in the past month, came back at the beginning of the game and there was nothing she could do about it; obviously, her recovery from that injury had been rushed to try to have her ready for this final, but it was a gamble that didn't pay. About Cruz, I watched the game and quite everyone was agreeing that she was the best player on the pitch, when she was subbed out. There wasn't a "glaring" injury, but she was touching her leg with a grimace, while coming out of the pitch, and I have to suppose that she had an injury too, or she was exhausted, because in fact taking her out of the pitch wouldn't have made sense otherwise.
got to wonder; why PSG didn't prepare their GK better? They must of known that Lyon was more than happy to oblige to take this game to a PK shoot out especially with all the size able sharp shooting reps their players had/ But her dives were so ill timed, it was liked she telegraphed which way she was heading before the ball left the penalty kickers foot.......and then that horrible kick she took at the end..wft! and anybody else think Jill Ellis got her 3 back inspiration from Lyon?(but gee Jill, it's about possessing the ball as well!)
Well, actually it seems to me that, at least in first half, OL was playing with a 4-back line and it was PSG who was playing with 3 at the back. Only later in 2nd half, when OL was trying to push for the win (actually I don't think they were happy at all to drag the game to penalty shootout ) they tried a 3-back line, with 'Mbock-Bathy, Renard and Buchanan, but it was a temporary thing. Hey, hotjam2, given your shiny new avatar (after years of "no avatar"), I've got a rough idea of who you could be rooting for in the men's Champions' League final...
if Majri made up the back 4 than she was AWOL! Or mostly attacking up the left side. The way I saw it; a 3 back(Mbock, Renard & Buchanan) a triangular middle( Kumagai, Abily & Marozsan) and oddly, 3 starting central strikers who seemed to get in each other way more than anything and.......yep, got to put my game face on(avatar)
this was the all-star squad sd chosen by UEFA based on the entire CL season. Sorry Bauser, no Ada or Caro. Totally agree with the two Canadians & Pernille Harder, simply the best player in the whole freaking world!
Caro only played two games in that tournament. Hardly enough to qualify for an all-star squad anyway. And strikers are always measured on goals in the latter stages in these teams, so Ada's omission wasn't shocking either given Lyon's goal-drought in the big games. Edit: Caro had 4 games 1 goal, 1 assist. She also played the Chelsea games, But Harder had only two games and no goal impact. Her inclusion is odd even if her overall season has been strong.
I trust the judgement from the good folks of UEFA, lol. But don't get me wrong, a healthy Caro is currently my pick as 2nd best player in the world, it's just when you got the two best playing side by side at Wolfsburg, well you can see just how much Pernile stole the thunder from Caro. Not just with this UEFA all-star list, but in last week's German Cup final, where Pernile scored on two incredible difficult headers.. Don't know who won the Bundsliga MVP, but I would say it's a toss up between Pernile & Lina Magull(am I right anybody?). Ada might of gotten on the all-star list, but missing that ridiculous easy sitter in the finals, pretty much ruined her chances and made it's more on the blooper highlights Oh well, Ada & Caro are in good company cuz.........................sorry, wwc_movement, Alex Morgan & Carli Lloyd didn't make the all-star list either!
Well, off-topic on this thread, but it looks like your change of avatar was a lucky charm for your team!
The difference on a Norwegian euro squad and a Norwegian winning euro squad is Caro Hansen. I think much relies on Caro if we are gonna make it to the latter games in the Netherlands.
Two first goal for Real yesterday were deflection goals. Poor Buffon, I was cheering for Juventus yesterday mainly because of him. Maybe next year...
As a hardcore RM fan and a fan of USWNT, I'm very happy to see this end, while feel bad for the PSG women.
I'm not a huge fan of either team, but wince Lyon has won so much already I was kinda hoping for PSG to win. Feel bad for them, and particularly for their 'keeper.... She was so visibly devastated at the result of the PK shootout; despite keeping Lyon off the scoresheet completely through regulation, I get the feeling that the loss - and the failure to assure UWCL play next season - isn't going to leave her. 'Keepers are very mentally-oriented players after all. I'm also morbidly interested in what this does to PSG's roster from an administrative standpoint. I don't know what the current contract situations are for everyone on the team, but considering the generally-nomadic nature of WoSo, I wonder how many players will leave (or not) without another round of UWCL slated for next year.
I can send you the audio of Alex Morgan's mixed zone ... there were Norwegain guys who interviewed Nordheim and Hegerberg plus a good bunch of French people. Here is an interview with Abily, you can clearly see me in the background
Boulleau just extended her contract with PSG. Overall how do you guys compare Marozsan with Necib? I think Marozan is more directly and powerful.