FC Barcelona will be a “formidable opponent”, believes Lyon coach Sonia Bompastor before the final

Sonia Bompastor was the guest of the franceinfo Club info on Sunday May 19.

“Facing us, we will have a formidable opponent,” said, Sunday May 19 in Franceinfo’s Le Club info, the coach of the Olympique Lyonnais women’s team Sonia Bompastor, before the final of the Champions League on Saturday May 25 against FC Barcelona, ​​in Bilbao.

The OL women’s section, which has already won the competition eight times, will face FC Barcelona once again, after two victories against the Spaniards in the final, in 2019 and 2022. The Barcelona women are however the title holders.

“We will rely a lot on what we have achieved throughout the season”explained Sonia Bompastor. “It’s 50-50. We have a very good Barcelona team in front of us. The Spanish, at the moment, are on fire, they are winning a lot.”

“Experience obviously counts when arriving at this stage of the competition, but it will not be enough”she added. “However, we also have a lot of qualities, we are undefeated since the start of the season so there is confidence and serenity in the preparation for this final. We have an extraordinary group with a collective strength that emerges” .

Finally asked about the holding of this final in Bilbao, the Lyon coach says she is aware that her team will play its final “completely outside”. “We will be mainly focused on the pitch, the match, and we will try to ignore the surroundings which will be very largely in favor of Barcelona.”