There will be at least one Australian, possibly more, in the UEFA Women's Champions League final after both Arsenal and Lyon progressed to the semi-finals.
Two of Arsenal's trio of Matildas were involved as the Gunners overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit to knock out Real Madrid with a dramatic 3-0 win in front of 22,517 at The Emirates.
That followed a 4-1 victory over Bayern Munich for a Lyon side featuring Ellie Carpenter, the only Aussie with a winner's medal so far in the sport's premier club competition.
It earned the French champions, managed by Australian Joe Montemurro, a 6-1 aggregate win.
Montemurro used to manage Arsenal, and he will have a reunion with Steph Catley and Caitlin Foord, who he signed for the London club, as Lyon and Arsenal now meet in the last four.
Sam Kerr's Chelsea and Mary Fowler's Manchester City are also still in the competition and play their quarter-final, second leg on Thursday (0700 Friday morning AEDT) with City 2-0 up.
Arsenal, who fielded Catley in central defence, Foord on the left wing, and their third Matilda, Kyra Cooney-Cross, on the bench, dominated their tie.
But while they created a stream of half-chances there were few clear ones in the opening half.
Foord and Chloe Kelly caused problems on the flanks and the Australian almost got on the end of a cross from the English winger midway through the half, then did meet an Alessia Russo cross but it was just too high and Foord headed over.
The quarter-final turned either side of the break. As the first half drew to a close a double-save by Daphne van Domselaar, from Filippa Angeldahl and Linda Caicedo as Madrid broke, saved Arsenal from conceding what would have been a devastating third goal in the tie.
Reprieved, Arsenal took full advantage. Within four minutes of the restart they were level on aggregate. Inside the first minute Foord drove crossfield, surging past tacklers, before feeding Kelly whose superb cross was turned in by Russo.
As Madrid reeled Kelly crossed again and Mariona Caldentey's header squirmed under the diving Real keeper Misa.
Then just before the hour Catley challenged for a Katie McCabe free-kick, the ball fell to Russo, who hooked in. Arsenal were ahead.
The England centre-forward subsequently had two more goals fractionally ruled out for offside setting up a frantic finish in which Van Domselaar again denied Caicido and Foord twice went close to settling Arsenal nerves, before they could finally celebrate.
There was less excitement in France even after eight-times winners Lyon went behind when Klara Buhl halved the 2-0 first-leg deficit after 33 minutes.
But less than 30 seconds after the interval Melchie Dumornay restored the advantage and goals from Kadidiatou Diani and Tabitha Chawinga effectively made the tie safe by the hour mark.
Ada Hegerberg added a fourth in added time.
The remaining quarter-final, also on Thursday night (local time) has holders Barcelona defending a 4-1 lead at home to Wolfsburg.
The winners will play Chelsea or City in the semis in a month's time with Kerr hoping to have finally recovered from her ACL injury should Chelsea get there.
