Lyon reign supreme
The best teams are traditionally built around a spine: centre-back, centre-midfield, centre-forward. By the time Lyon arrived in the Champions League final in San Sebastian, they had lost starters in all three positions to injury, and their back-up striker to suspension. Rather than collapse without their first-choice spine, they simply tore Wolfsburg apart down the right flank instead, lifting their fifth successive European crown and seventh in total. No Ada Hegerberg, no Amandine Henry, no Griedge Mbock Bathy, no Nikita Parris – no problem.
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