Lyon and Bayern rack up goals, Fortuna win away

Lyon and Bayern rack up goals, Fortuna win away

Lyon 8-0 Zürich Holders Lyon had scored 21 goals in their three previous fixtures at the Stade de Lyon, and they managed to up that average after a stellar display. Eugénie Le Sommer opened the scoring with her first of two goals and 2016 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Ada Hegerberg hit a 12-minute hat-trick as Lyon established a 6-0 lead at the break, before mustering two late goals to leave the second leg in even less doubt.Bayern München 4-0 Rossiyanka Bayern will fancy their chances of progressing beyond the round of 16 for the first time after establishing a healthy first-leg lead against their Russian rivals. Lisa Evans got t... UEFA.com - News

Stade Pierre Mauroy pitch to be replaced

UEFA has decided that it will replace the pitch at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille Métropole immediately after the Group E match between Italy and the Republic of Ireland on 22 June.The extremely difficult weather conditions in the past few weeks (rain, humidity, lack of sunshine) have caused irreversible damage to the surface at the stadium, in spite of a series of measures (a ban on pre-match training on the pitch, use of fertilisers, seeding, mowing, light therapy and drying) put in place to allow the playing surface to recover. The new pitch will be transported from the Netherlands