Wendie Renard, defender of the Olympique Lyonnais and the French team, broke a new record. The athlete, who never stops performing, is the first footballer to have reached the symbolic bar of 100 matches in the Champions League.
Footballer of all records, Wendie Renard is undoubtedly the most talented of her generation. In addition to her physical abilities, her technique and her experience, the athlete has always been consistent in her career. And as proof, she has just broken a new record. During the first leg of the OL/PSG Champions League semi-final on Sunday April 24, 2022, Wendie Renard has reached the milestone of 100 appearances in the competition. “When I learned that it was my 100th, I asked to be focused on the meeting because only the qualification counts. It’s a beautiful number, it shows my longevity, my regularity. I had very few glitches too. This is proof that Olympique Lyonnais is performing in the European Cup”said the captain before the game.
Wendie Renard is therefore the first footballer to join the very closed circle of players with more than 100 caps in the Champions League. Only 45 players have achieved this feat. However, the captain of Olympique Lyonnais could have reached this milestone much earlier. Indeed, before this 2021/2022 edition, the Women’s Champions League did not include a group stage. In this sense, only knockout matches were counted.
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“She lives, reads and eats football”
It’s no secret that to reach such a level in terms of performance and longevity, Wendie Renard has dedicated her life to football. “Wendie is a professional in every sense of the word., in terms of his diet, his life management. She leaves nothing to chance in her preparation. She has her physical trainer, her personal physiotherapist. She is always into football. Wendie never misses a football game on TV. She lives, reads and eats football. She is always looking to learn, to progress”, said Fred Labiche, adviser to Wendie Renard. Thanks to an extraordinary mentality, the footballer has won everything with her club. With more than 400 matches to her name, the OL captain has won seven times the Champions Leaguefourteen times the French championship, nine times the Coupe de France and has risen seven times, consecutively, in the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award top 10. Unsurprisingly, Wendie Renard hopes to add Euro 2022 to this already extraordinary list.
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