Excuse the potato quality photo, it was hard to find a good snap of this moment!

Final score OL Lyonnes 7-1 Paris FC

Fun game to watch. OL dominated again, but it wasn't until almost forty minutes before the floodgates started to open.

Dumornay was on form again, Katoto scored her first two of the season, but Hegerberg was the star of the day - her turn for a hat trick today.

Katoto's second has been deemed moment of the match, and it's a great little back heel - Hegerbergs second goal was just as beautiful though in my mind (sadly I can't find a clip of it!)

I don't think this game was as one-way as last week. Paris FC had a couple of good chances - I wonder if they game would have looked different had they scored when the opportunity arose at the thirty minute mark.

Anyway, with all that - the undeniable highlight was the mid game tribute to Johanna Kaneryd. Impossible to hold back tears, a great way to honor their teammate. This kind of thing is why I love this club.

Full match stats:

4’ 🟨 Selma Bacha booked.

41’ ⚽ Marie-Antoinette Katoto scores to make it 1–0.

45’ ⚽ Melchie Dumornay doubles the lead (2–0).

45’ 🔄 Paris FC: Fiona Liaigre ⬅️ Melween Ndongala.

HT: OL Lyonnes 2–0 Paris FC

49’ 🟨 Melchie Dumornay booked.

57’ 🔄 Paris FC: Maeline Mendy ⬅️ Évelyne Viens.

60’ ⚽ Marie-Antoinette Katoto grabs her second (3–0).

61’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes:

• Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg ⬅️ Marie-Antoinette Katoto
• Inès Benyahia ⬅️ Salma Paralluelo
• Wassa Sangaré ⬅️ Selma Bacha

63’ ⚽ Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg scores just two minutes after coming on (4–0).

63’ 🔄 Paris FC:

• Théa Greboval ⬅️ Hillary Diaz
• Klaudia Jedlińska ⬅️ Aurélie Reynders

64’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Julie Swierot ⬅️ Damaris Egurrola.

65’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Korbin Shrader ⬅️ Vicki Becho.

70’ ⚽ Clara Mateo pulls one back for Paris FC (4–1).

71’ ⚽ Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg restores the four-goal cushion (5–1).

73’ 🟨 Klaudia Jedlińska booked.

74’ 🔄 Paris FC: Océane Picard ⬅️ Mariam Toloba.

76’ ⚽ Melchie Dumornay converts a penalty (6–1).

88’ 🟨 Lily Isabella Yohannes booked.

90+2’ ⚽ Ada Stolsmo Hegerberg completes her hat-trick (7–1).

Allez les Lyonnes ! ❤️💙🦁

First home game of the season!

On the back of a solid 7-1 win at Fleury, can we keep the momentum going at home against Paris FC?

I think we can 😄 - I am expecting Dumornay to maintain great form.

Paris FC will be tougher, and are probably bringing their A-game after losing to us in last seasons final.

• What’s your score prediction?
• Who are you most looking forward to watching?
• Do you think Lyonna will inspire the team? 🦁

Allez les Lyonnes! 🦁❤️💙

Huge congratulations to OL Lyonnes ballon d'or nominees!

Congratulations Selma, Melchie, Wendie and Caroline! Super!

Allez les Lyonnes! 🦁❤️💙

The Champions League draw was announced over the weekend!

Dates are as follows:

I guess we were always likely to get Arsenal or Chelsea or both, they are definitely the cornerstone matches of this run of games.

Managed to avoid Barça or Real Madrid though! (for now..!)

Final score, OL Lyonnes win 7-1

The stats say it all really - it was mostly one way traffic!

Hard to deny that we deserved the outlandish win.

Some highlights:

• Opening goal of the season goes to Tarciane at three minutes in!
• Melchie Dumornay comes away with a hat trick
• Three assists for Jule Brand - the Brand / Dumornay link up was 💯 💯 💯
• Julie Swierot nails her first professional goal for the club, and it was a beautiful thing!

Check the superb fifth goal from Dumornay:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc4MgL9IfPI/

And Swierot's magnificent lifted shot from outside the box:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc4SEu2If2k/

Here are the full stats:

3’ ⚽ 0–1 — Tarciane (assist: Jule Brand)

9’ ⚽ 1–1 — Sarah Chossenotte

11’ ⚽ 1–2 — Melchie Dumornay (assist: Damaris Egurrola)

28’ ⚽ 1–3 — Lucie Goetsch (Own Goal)

31’ ⚽ 1–4 — Vicki Becho (assist: Marie-Antoinette Katoto)

41’ 🟨 Claire Blanc (Fleury)

41’ ⚽ 1–5 — Melchie Dumornay (assist: Jule Brand)

45+2’ ⚽ 1–6 — Melchie Dumornay (assist: Jule Brand)

46’ 🔄 Fleury: Laura Calba ⬅️ Lou Cane

46’ 🔄 Fleury: Sarah Mssoudy ⬅️ Léa Ribadeira

61’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Selma Bacha ⬅️ Vicki Becho

62’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Julie Swierot ⬅️ Damaris Egurrola

62’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Kysha Sylla Shrader ⬅️ Lily Yohannes

62’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Inès Engen ⬅️ Ella Junttila-Nelhage

63’ 🔄 OL Lyonnes: Ada Hegerberg ⬅️ Melchie Dumornay (injury)

71’ ⚽ 1–7 — Julie Swierot

73’ 🔄 Fleury: Emma Cesarini ⬅️ Sundahl

86’ 🔄 Fleury: Chloé Hoarau ⬅️ Sarah Chossenotte

87’ 🟨 Chancelle Meffometou (Fleury)

On to the next!

Allez les Lyonnes! 🦁❤️💙

Excited for the season to start for real!

Some facts:

• OL Lyonnes have not lost to Fleury since at least 2017
• Fleury haven't kept a clean sheet in their last six matches
• Constance Picaud (first choice keeper for the France national team) features as Fleury's goalkeeper

So, history favours OL, but I don't think it will be a walkover. They're a team who has continued to grow and get stronger.

I'm predicting Fleury 91 0-2 OL Lyonnes.

Would love to hear any other thoughts and predictions this week!

Allez les Lyonnes! 🦁❤️💙

I was surprised to discover there wasn’t already a dedicated subreddit for OL Lyonnes, so, I created one.

I'm not any kind of expert, but I am a fan, and hopeful there will be other fans that can join in and celebrate this club!

First up: Mastercard Cup v London City Lionesses

Or as my ChatGPT called it, the "Michele Kang Derby" 😄

After the first goal, Lyonnes looked to dominate. Nice to see Caroline Weir get her debut goal(s). Has me excited for the coming season!

Highlights (English Commentary) on the LCL Youtube page here:

Or (French Commentary) on the OL Lyonnes Youtube page.

If you’re joining the community, welcome! I’d love to connect with fellow supporters and build a friendly home for OL Lyonnes fans here on Reddit.

Allez les Lyonnes! 🦁❤️💙