Japan’s Kumagai reaches UEFA Women’s Champions League final with Lyon

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Japan’s Kumagai reaches UEFA Women’s Champions League final with Lyon

Décines-Charpieu: Just a week after lifting the AFC Women’s Asian Cup with Japan, Saki Kumagai has helped guide Olympique Lyonnais to a third successive UEFA Women’s Champions League Final.

The 2017 AFC Women’s Player of the Year runner-up played the full 90 minutes as her side defeated Manchester City thanks to a single Lucy Bronze goal in the second leg of their semi-final, to advance to the May 24 showpiece against VfL Wolfsburg in Kiev with a 1-0 aggregate victory.

Kumagai, who missed last weekend’s first leg due to her international commitments in Jordan, is now one match away from claiming European women’s club football’s highest honour for a third season in a row.

The 27-year-old played a key role in the 2016 final, also against Wolfsburg, when she was voted player of the match and scored the winning penalty in her side’s shootout victory.

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