{"id":3199,"date":"2026-05-02T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:07:49","slug":"team-news-five-changes-for-semi-final-second-leg-team-news-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3199","title":{"rendered":"Team news: Five changes for semi-final second leg | Team news | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ren\u00e9e Slegers has made five changes to the starting XI for this afternoon\u2019s UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League semi-final second leg away to Lyon.<\/p>\n

We go into the match 2-1 up on aggregate at Groupama Stadium.<\/p>\n

Following Wednesday\u2019s 7-0 win at home to Leicester City in the Barclays Women\u2019s Super League, the players coming back into the side are Leah Williamson, Lotte Wubben-Moy, Mariona Caldentey, Caitlin Foord and Alessia Russo.<\/p>\n

They replace Laia Codina, Taylor Hinds, Victoria Pelova, Smilla Holmberg and Frida Maanum.<\/p>\n

Chloe Kelly returns from injury to be included among the substitutes, with Sophie Harwood making way.<\/p>\n

Daphne van Domselaar remains in goal and Emily Fox, Katie McCabe, Kim Little, Olivia Smith and Stina Blackstenius also start.<\/p>\n

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Preview: Lyon v Arsenal Women <\/span>
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LINE-UPs<\/h3>\n

Lyon XI: <\/strong>Endler, Lawrence, Renard (C), Engen, Bacha, Heaps, Dumornay, Yohannes, Diani, Hegerberg, Brand<\/p>\n

Substitutes: Belhadj, Marchal, Becho, Shrader, Katoto, Egurrola, Sombath, Svava, Tarciane, Rafalski, Ouazar, Olivier.<\/p>\n

Arsenal XI: <\/strong>Van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Wubben-Moy, McCabe, Little (C), Mariona, Russo, Smith, Foord, Blackstenius<\/p>\n

Substitutes: Borbe, Votikova, Codina, Maanum, Kelly, Pelova, Hinds, Holmberg, Dixon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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