The Gunners gave a good account of themselves, but both individually and as a team, we were outplayed today to lose our semifinal with a very impressive Lyon. We dodged a bullet when Lyon's first goal, off a corner (they looked like scoring on every one), was chalked off for an offside (wrongly in my opinion). We looked to have dodged another bullet when von Domsselar saved a Renard penalty, but she'd come off her line before the save. It was retaken and the tie was all square. Then, off a corner, a back post shot beat our keeper (she should have done better) and we were behind in the tie. In the second half, Arsenal looked more dangerous. We hit the woodwork twice, and the ball beat their keeper (an OG I think) off a dangerous cross, and we were all square again. But one last superb play from Lyon won it for them, as their scorer was (after a ridiculously long delay) been adjudged to have been onside, despite the on-field offside call. It was very close.
I think the better team went to the final, but I'm obviously disappointed. VAR got most of the calls right in the end, but it took forever. The Gunners should feel good about their effort, I think.
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