Vivianne Miedema’s second objective in Metropolis’s 2-0 conquer Chelsea within the first leg of our UEFA Girls’s Champions League quarter-final has been shortlisted for Aim of the Week.
The Dutch worldwide has been a prolific determine within the last third for Metropolis this season, bagging 10 targets in 16 appearances in all competitions.
And Wednesday night was no totally different.
After taking to the Joie Stadium pitch after the interval, it grew to become very obvious in a short time that the 28-year-old was trying to depart her mark on one other Champions League fixture.
Miedema fired Metropolis forward on the hour mark, nudging residence Laia Aleixandri’s preliminary headed effort which rattled Hannah Hampton’s crossbar earlier than flying straight to the Metropolis striker ready patiently on the again submit.
But it surely wasn’t that composed end that has earned Miedema plaudits and a nomination for the Champions League Aim of the Week, it was her second and equally vital strike.
Kerolin Nicoli drove goalbound, chopping inside barely to edge in the direction of the Chelsea field within the last jiffy.
And as she broke into the ultimate 18 yards, Kerolin performed a perfectly-weighted go into the trail of Miedema who met her Brazilian team-mate stride for stride as Metropolis countered.
The striker allowed the ball to roll throughout her earlier than firing a first-time left-footed end into the underside left nook to ship the 1000’s of Metropolis followers in attendance right into a frenzy and transfer Metropolis inside touching distance of qualifying for the ultimate 4.
Miedema’s objective has been nominated alongside Barcelona’s Scherternleib, Lyon’s Dumornay and Actual Madrid’s Athenea.
You’ll be able to vote for her objective