Lineth Beerensteyn hands Wolfsburg key win over OL Lyonnes in UWCL quarterfinals

[p]The 29-year-old pounced after 14 minutes to hit the eight-time champions on the break and give the Germans a slender lead ahead of next week's second leg in France.[/p][p][b]"The difference was that we were really strong collectively," [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beerensteyn-lineth/pKX8sIG4/"]Beerensteyn[/a] told UEFA.[/p][p][b]"We fought for every metre, for every goal, and in the end we won 1-0. I'm so proud of this team. It was an amazing performance today. If we show the same spirit (in the second leg) as we did today, we can make it very difficult."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/ro3DSjf2/"]Lyon[/a], looking to win the title for the first time since 2022, began strongly and dominated early possession, but the home side took the lead against the run of play.[/p][p]Germany's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/endemann-vivien/z5U9O4UP/"]Vivien Endemann[/a] intercepted and drove down the left side before sliding the ball across Beerensteyn.[/p][embed guid="90aef0da-4c10-4e72-86dd-bdf536c1729d" url="https://x.com/UWCL/status/2036508303216292052?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Dutch striker had to adjust to collect the pass slightly behind her before shooting off her right foot, a deflection wrong-footing Chilean [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/endler-claudia/MHv23hU4/"]Christiane Endler[/a] in the Lyon goal. It was Beerensteyn's fifth goal of the Champions League campaign.[/p][p]The French side, who beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolfsburg/Yaedf2i2/"]Wolfsburg[/a] 3-1 in the league phase, continued to have the better of the possession but Wolfsburg, whose two Champions League titles came back-to-back in 2013 and 2014, were sharper on the break.[/p][p]On the half-hour, Endler had to move quickly to beat away [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/peddemors-ella/pSPCy83D/"]Ella Peddemors[/a]' left-footed shot, with veteran defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/renard-wendie/IgKssfKE/"]Wendie Renard[/a], facing Wolfsburg for the 12th time in the Champions League, clattering the ball away to safety.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hegerberg-ada/tj1HWcLL/"]Ada Hegerberg[/a] almost levelled two minutes into the second half, her header denied by Ella Peddemors, who headed clear on the goal line.[/p][embed guid="7b5a17fb-37bd-49dd-81d0-46884ec97895" url="https://x.com/UWCL/status/2036572481595592709?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Just before the hour, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diani-kadidiatou/Q3WjSC52/"]Kadidiatou Diani[/a] also went close for Lyon, her low shot across goal rebounding off the foot of the Wolfsburg post.[/p][p]Lyon continued to press for the equaliser with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/katoto-marie-antoinette/KpbJkAtJ/"]Marie-Antoinette Katoto[/a] glancing wide just before the final whistle.[/p][p][b]"It's true there's some disappointment but we know it's only the first match, there are still 90 minutes left," [/b]Lyon defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lawrence-ashley/z1IwfRVT/"]Ashley Lawrence[/a] told L'Equipe.[/p][p][b]"Now it's up to us to analyse things and come back stronger. There were positives as well; we created chances, we even hit the post."[/b][/p][p]The second leg is in Lyon on Thursday, April 2, with the winner set to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/Q7Hu2UDD/"]Chelsea[/a] in the semi-finals. Arsenal took advantage in the first leg on Tuesday evening, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-champions-league-women-arsenal-take-first-leg-advantage-over-chelsea-in-the-women-s-champions-league-quarters/2J1ZoePN/"]which the Gunners won 3-1[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lyon-ro3DSjf2/wolfsburg-Yaedf2i2/?mid=Y9BLC0DF"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="373673ad-382d-4864-8184-d34d2cbce90f" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="74e88f4e-10b6-4294-9936-34071f0e6987" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /]