Turbine victory

Turbine beat French team Olympique Lyon 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out in Madrid after the game ended goalless after extra-time.

Bernd Schroeder, who has coached turbine Potsdam for 39 years, said his team was going to watch the men's Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan on Saturday in the Bernabeu stadium.

"I hope that Bayern can follow our example and win another Champions League for Germany," he said.

Some 13,000 spectators in the Alfonso Perez stadium in the Madrid suburb Getafe, including UEFA president Michel Platini, saw a game of two very different halves on Thursday evening, with Lyon enjoying more of the play in the first half, but Potsdam dominating the second with better opportunities in extra-time.

Fatmire Bajramaj had the German team's first good chance midway through the first half when a defence-splitting pass found her in space, but goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi was quick to prevent damage.

Close call

Sarholz showed why she is considered a German international goalkeeper of the future early in the second half of extra time as she dived to her left to stop a Lara Dickemann shot from crossing the line.

The German side again came close to breaking the deadlock six minutes from the end of regulation time when Anja Mittag penetrated the Lyon area, but her shot hit the upright.

Lyon had two opportunities to win the game in the shoot-out, but

teenage goalkeeper Sarholz saved two Lyon penalties - from Isabell Lehn Herlovsen and Amandine Henry - to send the shoot-out into sudden death, which was finally decided on the 20th kick when Elodie Thomis saw her shot hit the cross bar.

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Editor: Ben Knight