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FootballHolders Lyon face Arsenal in tough women's Champions League draw
Holders Lyon were given a tough draw in the women's Champions League on Monday in a group which includes Arsenal and Juventus.
Lyon beat 2021 champions Barcelona 3-1 in May, and are in a Group C which includes the Gunners, the 2007 champions, powered by star Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema, Juve and Swiss side Zurich.
Barca benefited from a more lenient draw in a Group D alongside Germans Bayern Munich, Rosengard of Sweden and Portuguese club Benfica.
English giants Chelsea, vice-champion of Europe in 2021, and with a star line-up including Pernille Harder and Sam Kerr, headline a tough Group A which also includes Paris Saint-Germain, semi-finalists in the last three editions, and the ambitious Real Madrid.
Outsiders in the group are Vllaznia Shkoder, the first Albanian women's football club to climb into the European top-16.
In Group B, the Germans of Wolfsburg are favourites ahead of the Czechs Slavia Prague, Austrians St. Poelten and the Italy's Roma, novices in the elite European competition.
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Group stage matches take place between October 19 and December 22 with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.
Women's Champions League draw:
Group A: Chelsea (ENG), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), Real Madrid (ESP), Vllaznia Shkoder (ALB).
Group B: Wolfsburg (GER), Slavia Prague (CZE), St. Poelten (AUT), Roma (ITA).
Group C: Lyon (FRA), Arsenal (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Zurich (SUI).
Group D: Barcelona (ESP), Bayern Munich (GER), Rosengard (SWE), Benfica (POR)