UEFA Ladies’s Champions League Wednesday, November 20 2024Stamford Bridge
CHELSEA…3(Bronze 1, Kaptein 24, Périsset 90 +5)
CELTIC…0
Celtic FC Ladies suffered defeat on their travels within the UEFA Ladies’s Champions League as Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners at Stamford Bridge.
Two first half targets and a penalty proper on the dying handed Chelsea the victory, but it surely was one other constructive exhibiting from the Celts, dropping out to final season’s semi-finalists of the competitors.
Following on from an especially constructive exhibiting at Paradise final week, the Ghirls entered matchday 4 as they made the journey south.
Travelling for the reverse fixture in opposition to Chelsea, Elena Sadiku’s facet confronted off in opposition to Sonia Bompastor and her squad at Stamford Bridge.
After making a quick begin to proceedings in final week’s recreation, the Celts would have been seeking to make an identical begin, if attainable, in London.
Nonetheless, that wasn’t the case, and it was in actual fact the house facet who got here out the blocks rapidly on this event.
Opening the scoring inside a minute, Lucy Bronze produced a wise end to place her facet forward from a nook.
The Hoops rapidly aimed to recuperate as Amy Gallacher and Lucy Ashworth-Clifford appeared to hyperlink up.
The ahead’s supply from the appropriate seemed to be heading for the well-timed run of her team-mate on the again put up, but it surely was properly defended.
Having scored the Celts’ first ever UWCL purpose final week, Murphy Agnew would have been seeking to comply with up that feat with back-to-back first half targets in Europe.
Nonetheless, her greatest effort was an audacious strike from distance, which wasn’t troubling the Chelsea goalkeeper.
With the sport approaching the half hour mark, it was the house facet who would double their benefit with one other purpose from a set piece as Wieke Kaptein tucked dwelling the second.
As soon as extra, it didn’t deter the Hoops regardless of falling two targets behind. Shortly after the purpose, Ashworth-Clifford despatched one other good cross into the field, however she simply couldn’t discover a team-mate.
Having fun with the lion’s share of the ball, Chelsea continued to additionally seek for one other within the opening 45 minutes.
Kelsey Daugherty was available to supply a variety of comfy stops, while the Celtic defence stood agency to the threats for the remainder of the half, with the rating 2-0 on the break.
Heading into the second half, the Celts had been up in opposition to it for the 45 minutes, with Chelsea having lots of the ball.
That being stated, it was a resolute efficiency on the again, with Daugherty being lowered to only a few saves within the second 45 minutes.
The Hoops appeared to threaten in their very own approach, with the most effective alternative coming the way in which of a free kick which was despatched into the field. Nevertheless it was comfortably defended
With most of Chelsea’s second half probabilities coming from distance or being cleared up properly by the Celtic backline, the Ghirls simply sadly couldn’t discover a approach again into the match in opposition to a really sturdy Chelsea facet.
The house facet added one other purpose to their tally within the ninety fifth minute of the match as Ève Périsset transformed from the spot to make it 3-0.
It was one other good show from Elena Sadiku’s facet on what was at all times more likely to be an especially powerful evening as they proceed to study and develop on the European stage.
CELTIC: Daugherty, Lawton, Clark, Hayes, Barclais, Smith (Noonan 70), Ashworth-Clifford (Kerner 82), Cavanagh (S. Carstens 61), McGregor, Gallacher (M. Carstens 82), Agnew (Cross 61)
Subs: Logan, Rodgers, Bruna, Luana, McAneny
Fixtures
Chelsea Ladies Vs. Celtic Ladies – Wed, Nov twentieth 2024, 20:00 Closing rating: 3 – 0