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Olympique Lyonnais beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 to win the UEFA Women`s Champions League for an unprecedented fifth time in a row. Striker Eugenie Le Sommer scored one goal and made another for the French side. Saki Kumagai and Sara Bjoerk Gunnarsdottir were the other scorers for Lyon while Alexandra Popp pulled one back for the Germans but to no avail.
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Daniel Ginczek`s late winner secured the points after Augsburg`s Tin Jedvaj had cancelled out Renato Steffen`s first-half opener as both teams returned to action after a two-month stoppage.
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With its eighth win of the season, Wolfsburg moved into fifth place in the standings, with 28 points, while Augsburg stayed in 15th place, with 15 points.
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Dutchman Arjen Robben struck three minutes from halftime to double their lead with his shot deflected by team mate Rafinha which wrongfooted the Wolfsburg keeper.
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According to L`Equipe, the 23-year-old German will receive a salary of 421,000 euros ($437,383) per month.
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At 23, with a World Cup winners medal in his pocket and 27 caps for his country, he was now too big for Wolfsburg.
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Draxler, 23, is on the market after a difficult first half to the season with a struggling Wolfsburg side and was widely expected to leave in the January transfer window.
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The 2009 German champions won only the first of their seven games and have lost three of their last four.
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The 31-year-old is now just one away from equalling his single-season record of 17 goals in 2013/14.
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Andre Schuerrle fired Wolfsburg into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time to seal Tuesday`s 1-0 victory and a 4-2 aggregate win over Gent.
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The 1-2 defeat at Dean Court yesterday extended Red Devil's winless streak to five matches, which included the exit from UEFA Champions League by losing 2-3 to Wolfsburg on Wednesday.
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Van Gaal was already under fire over United`s dour brand of football, amid a run of five 0-0s draws in 10 games.
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Van Gaal reiterated his pre-match comments that Schweinsteiger, 31, is not playing as well as he did during his 14 years at Bayern.
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Manchester United have drew thrice and lost once in their last four games.
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United needed nothing but a win in Germany to progress to the knock-out stages and in the end it was too late for the English giants.
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Anthony Martial`s early strike for the Red Devils was cancelled out by first-half goals from Brazil`s Naldo and Portugal`s Vieirinha.
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Julian Draxler set up Vieirinha to round off a sublime team move and put Wolfsburg 2-1 ahead just before the half hour.
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"We know the situation," said Schweinsteiger, the only United player to score in their last three games.
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Wolfsburg are top of the section so need only draw.






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