In 2012, Sonia Bompastor proclaimed: “I prefer to be coached by a man. I find that a coach has more grip and less feeling. » Nine years after these outdated comments, in April 2021, the former international fullback or midfielder (156 caps) became the first woman to take charge of the women’s section of Olympique Lyonnais, “her favorite club”. A profitable choice for the locomotive of French women’s football: three-time French champion (2022, 2023, 2024), Sonia Bompastor once again took Lyon to the final of the Champions League.
The poster pits him this Saturday (6 p.m., DAZN) against FC Barcelona in the San Mamés Cathedral, in Bilbao (Spain). A revenge for the Catalans Alexia Putellas or Aitana Bonmatí, swept away at the same stage in 2022 by the OL of… Sonia Bompastor. Admirer of Pep Guardiola’s Barça, the technician and her irremovable 4-3-3 had counted on the physical challenge to exhaust their opponent and collect an eighth European trophy, a record. By winning again this Saturday, she would become the first woman to win the competition twice.
