Barcelona v Lyon LIVE: Women’s Champions League final score and result as Alexia Putellas goal seals win

Barcelona’s “home” advantage is clear already as the goalkeepers come out onto San Mames for their warm-ups. Huge cheers for Barcelona’s Cata Coll, while there are screeching whistles and jeers for Lyon’s Christine Endler.

Some big team news here: Ada Hegerberg is only fit enough for the bench as Sonia Bompastor keeps the same line-up that beat PSG in the French league finale last weekend.

Barcelona drop Ona Battle to the bench with Fridolina Rolfo moving to left back. Mariona Caldentey starts in the front three and Alexia Putellas is on the bench.

TEAM NEWS!

Lyon line-up to face Barcelona: Lyon: Endler; Carpenter, Renard, Gilles, Bacha; Van de Donk, Egurrola, Horan; Cascarino, Dumornay, Diani

TEAM NEWS!

Barcelona line-up to face Lyon: Coll; Bronze, Paredes, Engen, Rolfo; Bonmati, Walsh, Patri; Graham Hansen, Paralluelo, Mariona

We should have team news and the confirmed starting line-ups in Bilbao in the net 10 minutes or so...

These can seem uncertain times for Lyon. Sonia Bompastor is expected to leave the club after the Champions League final, to replace Emma Hayes at Chelsea. The club’s ownership has changed, too, within the past year, with Jean-Michel Aulas, the president who bankrolled so much of Lyon’s dominance in France and Europe, stepping down. Lyon’s women’s team is now in the hands of Michele Kang, the owner of Washington Spirit in the US.

The move was the first step of Kang’s plans to implement a multi-club ownership model. Lyon would remain at the forefront of that in Europe, but it remains a sizable shift. “She has a clear vision of the new project,” said Bompastor, only looking ahead to Saturday night at the San Mames amid questions over her own future. “She is a very ambitious woman. It matches the club.”

Lyon’s future may be brighter given they have Melchie Dumornay, the 20-year-old who has the talent to the be the star of the final.

Ada Hegerberg can become the first player to score in five Women’s Champions League finals today.

It’s basically a home final for Barcelona in Bilbao. Thousands have made the journey to the north of Spain and the streets have been full of blue and red all morning.

Great scenes at the fan park this afternoon, as well as ahead of the team bus arriving at the San Mames. Barcelona are expecting 80 per cent of the stadium to be supporting them against Lyon.

“I’m so proud to be part of this club,” Aitana Bonmati said. “ With this great fanbase. Whether we play at Camp Nou, Montjuïc or at our Johan Cruyff stadium they’re always our twelfth player!”

Lionesses right back Lucy Bronze is aiming to win her fifth Champions League title today, and second with Barcelona, against her former team Lyon.

Bronze joined Lyon in 2017 and won the Champions League in her first season there, adding two more in 2019 and 2020 as part of the dominant side.

After returning to England with Manchester City in 2020, Bronze joined Barcelonat two years later and was part of the side that defeated Wolfsburg in last season’s final.

The 32-year-old became the first English player to win the Women’s Champions League with two different clubs, while Barcelona team-mate Keira Walsh is aming to win her second today.

Barcelona have never beaten Lyon, in four attempts. When asked how Barcelona had changed since their last meeting, in the 2022 final in Turin, the Lyon manager Sonia Bompastor suggested the holders have made conscious efforts to change their training routines and alter their recruitment plans with the thought of beating Lyon in mind. “Turin impacted them,” Bonstapor said. Lyon believe Jonatan Giraldez’s side have been building up to this moment.

Barcelona themselves are taking pride in much they have changed in the two years since Turin. They have come through difficult moments in the Champions League since they were beaten by Lyon, none more so than when they were two goals down in last season’s final against Wolfsburg.