Lyon beat Roma 3-0 to keep up their one hundred pc document in Group A of the Ladies’s Champions League on Wednesday, whereas Wolfsburg thrashed Galatasaray to select up their first factors.
In Group B, Chelsea got here from behind in opposition to Celtic to protect their good document and Actual Madrid put seven previous Twente.
Report eight-time winners Lyon travelled to the Italian capital with each side degree on the prime of the group on two wins apiece.
Melchie Dumornay’s first-half brace put the French facet firmly in management, her second coming three minutes earlier than the interval through an audacious chip from contained in the centre circle.
Vanessa Gilles poked in from shut vary within the 52nd minute to rubber-stamp an authoritative efficiency by Joe Montemurro’s facet.
“We’re happy to have gained and to be prime of the group, particularly with out conceding a purpose,” mentioned Dumornay.
“Clearly, I’ve at all times needed to attain a purpose like that one in an enormous competitors like this. All my team-mates have been telling me to shoot as a result of the keeper was off her line.”
Wolfsburg, the 2013 and 2014 Champions League winners, began their newest marketing campaign with back-to-back defeats in opposition to Lyon and Roma — leaving them third in Group A with no objectives scored and in actual hazard of elimination.
Their 5-0 win in Istanbul retains them third place, three factors behind Roma in second.
“We wish to get out of the group by working onerous and doing our greatest for the (three) remaining matches,” mentioned Wolfsburg ahead Rebecka Blomqvist.
“We’re in a really powerful group. However we even have the ability to attain this.”
Defender Joelle Wedemeyer’s Twenty fourth-minute header from a nook gave the Germans the lead. Blomqvist tapped in on 63 minutes to double the benefit.
The Swedish striker stroked house a 3rd for the staff with 13 minutes remaining after which rounded off her hat-trick six minutes into added time.
Vivien Endemann smashed house a fifth for Wolfsburg within the 97th minute.
“We’re very pleased with the outcome,” added Blomqvist. “I’m proud to indicate my finest out on the pitch. It is nice to contribute to the staff.”
A 3rd successive defeat in three outings leaves the Turks backside of the desk with only one purpose scored and 14 conceded.
– Chelsea maintain on –
At Parkhead, Chelsea moved to 9 factors with a 2-1 victory over winless Celtic.
The hosts took a shock lead with simply over 20 minutes gone when Murphy Agnew raced by means of and lifted a end previous goalkeeper Zecira Musovic.
It took the English champions solely six minutes to reply, first by means of Maika Hamano within the twenty eighth minute after which Ashley Lawrence tucked house a rebound 4 minutes later.
Chelsea have been unable to kill off the match within the second half however succeeded nonetheless in holding Celtic at arm’s size to see out a slender victory, regardless of Aggie Beever-Jones selecting up a second yellow card deep in harm time.
“I am not likely pleased with our efficiency however we gained, now we have the three factors,” Chelsea supervisor Sonia Bompastor informed UEFA’s web site.
Actual Madrid strolled previous Dutch facet Twente with a 7-0 win in Spain.
Signe Bruun opened the scoring within the third minute, earlier than centre-half Maria Mendez nodded in her first purpose in European soccer 13 minutes later.
Naomie Feller guided in a 3rd on 50 minutes and Caroline Weir quickly after curled an unstoppable free-kick over the wall and into the highest nook.
Mendez then doubled her tally within the competitors with a second header from a nook three minutes after the hour, earlier than Oihane Hernandez and Carla Camacho accomplished the rout.
The Spaniards sit second within the group with six factors.
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