Chelsea flip Man Metropolis tie round with enormous win to seal UWCL semi spot
Chelsea accomplished an unimaginable comeback in opposition to Man Metropolis within the Girls’s Champions League quarter-final, defeating them 3-0 (3-2 on mixture) at Stamford Bridge.
Scorers: Baltimore 14′, Björn 38′, Ramírez 42′
The Blues dominated the sport from the opening minute, and had 5 pictures contained in the opening 10 minutes. Nonetheless, none threatened Khiara Keating, as Metropolis survived an early onslaught.
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Or so that they thought, as Sandy Baltimore opened the scoring for WSL champions and league leaders shortly after. Lucy Bronze minimize by midfield earlier than seeing her curved shot hitting the publish. The defender, although, was readily available to smash the ball within the far nook, giving Keating no probability.
Metropolis weathered the storm for the following 20 or so minutes, however Chelsea turned the tie on its head with two targets in 4 minutes simply earlier than the break.
Nathalie Björn levelled the tie with a robust header from Baltimore’s whipped nook, with the guests failing to cope with the nook or the centre-back.
Metropolis wanted to get to half-time however could not as Chelsea made it three and took the lead for the primary time over the 2 legs. Lauren James was the supplier, working down the fitting and supplying a cutback for Mayra Ramírez to scuff a end in previous Keating and a defender.
Metropolis stemmed the move within the second half, however not often appeared like drawing again degree within the tie at any level.
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The closest they got here was by Vivianne Miedema, whose low shot from outdoors the field went simply broad of Hannah Hampton’s publish.
Erin Cuthbert nearly put the seal on a well-known night time for Sonia Bompastor and her aspect late on, however her curled effort hit off the crossbar.
It mattered little because the Blues held on to progress to a 3rd consecutive semi-final with defending champions Barcelona, and saved alive their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple.
📸 GLYN KIRK – AFP or licensors