People will bemoan the gulf in class. This was supposed to be competitive football at the top level. But Lyon’s one-sided mauling of Barcelona is not something to be criticised, and instead should be celebrated as a testament to investment, to equality. The long-term project of the club president, Jean-Michel Aulas, is paying dividends and then some. An emotional early opener from the Budapest-born Dzsenifer Marozsán, who was warmly cheered by the crowd on announcement in the starting XI, followed by a stunning 17-minute hat-trick from Ada Hegerberg put the French champions in the driving seat by the half-hour mark. Asisat Oshoala’s late strike was not enough to launch a comeback of the scale we have become accustomed to in recent weeks. Lyon looked every bit worthy of their fourth consecutive Champions League title from the off – tall, strong and athletic. In contrast Barcelona looked decidedly lightweight – their own project well and truly confirmed to be still very much in its infancy by a ruthless Lyon. It took five minutes for Lyon to take the lead. Shanice van de Sanden, who provided three assists off the bench in extra time last year, used her electric pace to race…