FC Bayern Girls have been drawn in opposition to Lyon within the quarter-finals of the 2024/25 UEFA Girls’s Champions League. The draw for the knockout levels occurred in Nyon on Friday with Nadine Keßler (UEFA’s head of ladies’s soccer) and Carla Couto (ambassador for the ultimate in Lisbon). Bayern will host the primary leg on Tuesday, 18 March (9pm CET), with the return fixture in France on Wednesday 26 March (6.45pm). Ought to the Munich Frauen progress, they face a possible semi-final with Actual Madrid or Arsenal.
“Will do all the things in our energy to progress to the semi-finals”
: “Ever situation would’ve introduced us a tricky opponent. Lyon have been common finalists and are the document winners within the Champions League. They’re a superb crew and have an enormous quantity of expertise. It’ll be an important expertise, and we’ll do all the things in our energy to beat Lyon and progress to the semi-finals.”
: “We’re excited in regards to the quarter-finals in opposition to Lyon. We weren’t actually bothered who we bought. All potential opponents are high groups. Our final video games in opposition to Lyon have been all the time very tight, and we have been in a position to beat them as effectively. We’ve additionally taken large steps ahead in the previous few years, so we will go into the quarter-finals with confidence and optimism and can put together as finest we will.”
Lyon received all six video games within the group stage in opposition to Wolfsburg, Roma and Galatasaray. Bayern final confronted the eight-time winners again within the 2021 teams, shedding 2-1 in Lyon earlier than a 1-0 win on the Campus. The French aspect’s final Champions League success was in 2022.
Bayern superior to the knockouts with a document of 4 wins, a draw and one defeat, ending second of their group behind Arsenal.
Bayern have signed Italian midfielder Arianna Caruso on mortgage from Juventus: