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Team news: Six changes for Lyon first leg

Team news: Six changes for Lyon first leg
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Renée Slegers has made six changes to the starting XI for this afternoon’s UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final at home to Lyon.

It’s our first game since a 2-0 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion in the quarter-finals of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup in early April.

Coming into the side are Emily Fox, Leah Williamson, Katie McCabe, Olivia Smith, Caitlin Foord and Alessia Russo.

They replace Smilla Holmberg, Laia Codina, Taylor Hinds, Beth Mead, Chloe Kelly and Frida Maanum respectively.

Daphne van Domselaar remains in goal, while Lotte Wubben-Moy also keeps her place in defence, as do midfielders Mariona Caldentey and Kim Little. The same goes for Stina Blackstenius up top.

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Arsenal XI: Van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Wubben-Moy, McCabe, Little (C), Mariona, Russo, Smith, Foord, Blackstenius

Substitutes: Borbe, Votikova, Codina, Hinds, Holmberg, Harwood, Pelova, Maanum

Lyon XI: Endler, Lawrence, Renard (C), Engen, Svava, Heaps, Shrader, Yohannes, Diani, Hegerberg, Brand

Substitutes: Belhadj, Bacha, Junttila Nelhage, Dumornay, Becho, Katoto, Egurrola, Fathallah, Sombath, Chawinga, Benyahia, Tarciane

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