Lyon, who are the reigning Women’s Champions League holders, face a tough battle to reach the quarter-finals after being held to a 1-1 draw by Juventus on Thursday.
The eight-time champions of the competition were looking for a win after their home opener the previous week where they were destroyed 5-1 by Arsenal.
Wendie Renard got things started when she took advantage of a poor clearance by Pauline Peyraud-Magnin of France in the Juve goal, and fed US international Lindsay Horan, who scored in the 23rd minute.
The Italians managed to level the score in the second half in Turin when Lyon defender Melvine Malard turned Barbara Bonansea’s cross into her own net.
In more bad news for Lyon, their Netherlands midfielder Damarris Egurrola suffered what appeared to be a serious knee injury in a challenge with Juventus player Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir, who used to play for the French side.
Arsenal FC won their Group C game against FC Zurich 3-1, putting them ahead of Juventus by two points. Lyon is in third place with one point more than bottom-ranked Zurich.
Lyon coach Sonia Bompastor said: “To have only one point after two games is unusual for Lyon, we are not used to this situation, but there are still four games to go and we have time to change the situation.”
The French club face beat Zurich in their next game on November 24.
