Emily Keogh May 2, 2026, 01:47 PM ET Close Based in London, Emily Keogh is ESPN's women's soccer correspondent, specializing in the WSL and UWCL LYON, France -- If OL Lyonnes are to reclaim a spot upon the Champions League winners' podium, Melchie Dumornay will be at the heart of that initiative. The return of the Haitian international transformed Lyonnes from the flat, uninspired side seen in the first leg into a team worthy of a Champions League final. After an agonising and rather ludicrous three-minute-and-10-second VAR check for the decisive strike from Jule Brand that made it 3-1 OL Lyonnes (4-3 on aggregate), the hosts burst into elation and swarmed Dumornay. After all, it was her pinpoint pass, perfectly weighted and direct, that had set Brand up to seal their ticket to Oslo. Dumornay had been at the centre of it all: she won the penalty to break the deadlock, set up multiple chances that kept OL Lyonnes on the back foot from the get-go, and assisted the winning goal.…