Harking back to the earlier pic of Tony Cascarino, Graham Taylor and, as I neglected to mention at the time, Doug Ellis, Antony emails in:
“You may be doing someone a mighty disservice by not name checking them: Doug, remember, claimed to have invented the bicycle kick! I kind of miss Doug.”
Updated at 15.47 EDT
The players gather together before walking off the pitch and there are handshakes all round. That was certainly a competitive game, with both teams having a bash, and despite there only being one goal, there was plenty of goalmouth action.
Updated at 15.45 EDT
“Even in the old days one away goal wouldn’t have been much use (except in terms of winning the game) because in the event of a 0-1 in the first game it would only come into play if there was a 1-2 result in the second game, and then Lyon would have won,” emails Peter. “Of more use in a 1-1 draw under that rule, strangely, because then 0-0 in the home leg would do for Chelsea.”
I can’t argue with any of that, but I was taking more in sweeping generalisations than mathematical permutations. For instance, if Chelsea scored again, or even a third time, then they’d have two, or even three away goals! If my maths is correct.
Updated at 15.40 EDT
80 min: Into the final 10 minutes. As the commentator points out, the away goal isn’t worth as much as it used to be: but this would still be a cracking win for Chelsea.
Van de Donk does brilliantly to cushion a ball across with a first touch for Lyon, and then she fires a shot back across goal, that flashes just wide!
It’s corner, as I think Perisset got a touch on the shot. But nothing comes of that.
Updated at 15.29 EDT
74 min: Lauren James is a class apart on this pitch. She really has everything, from pace, to vision, to incredible technique. This time, she’s in a central area with the ball at her feet and defenders all around. She spots an angled run by Kerr from the left wing. James pings a perfect curling pass into the path of her teammate, who brings it down, runs in on goal and belts a shot wide. The offside flag was up anyway, but that was sheer class from James to create the chance.
Updated at 15.32 EDT
