Lyon earned a record-extending eighth Women’s Champions League trophy after beating defending champion and favorite FC Barcelona in the final.
Just when Barcelona looked in charge, Lyon scored again after Selma Bacha worked her way down the left flank and crossed in for the unmarked Hegerberg to head in for her 59th goal in 60 league matches.
It was a fitting way for Hegerberg to crown her comeback season. She returned in October after almost two years on the sidelines with injuries. Lyon was running rampant against a shellshocked Barcelona — which had won all of its matches in the Spanish league — and stretched its lead further in the 33rd.
The Barcelona defense made a mess of clearing the ball in its own box and Hegerberg rolled it across to Macario for the easiest of shots.Patricia Guijarro almost scored a spectacular goal in the 58th when she spotted Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler off her line, but the audacious lob from just inside the Lyon half came off the crossbar.
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