Best in the world': Hayes mindful of Barcelona threat after away success
Emma Hayes focuses on preparing Chelsea for the crucial second leg match against Barcelona in the Women's Champions League, highlighting the importance of maintaining focus and being prepared for Barcelona's counterattack. [ more ]
Chelsea expect to be in European semi-finals - Hayes
Chelsea Women's team expects to reach the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League based on their consistent performance in the competition over the years.
Emma Hayes emphasizes the importance of squad depth and the collective effort in achieving success in multiple competitions. [ more ]
Champions League game thread! Bayern Munich Frauen take on FC Barcelona
This has so far been shaping up to be the Winter Men's World Cup of our discontent...but if injuries and results have got you down, there's another exciting competition to look forward to!Bayern Munich are playing FC Barcelona today at 12:45pm EST in the Women's Champions League, because of course the draw brought these two clubs together again.
Chelsea have signed USA forward Catarina Macario on a free transfer from French champions Lyon.The 23-year-old joins the Women's Super League winners on a three-year deal after two seasons in France.Macario, who has 17 international caps, scored 23 goals in 33 games for Lyon, helping them win a French title and the Women's Champions League.
Manchester United manager Marc Skinner will be keeping tabs on leaders Chelsea as the Women's Super League title race goes down to the final day.United, who have never won the WSL, are two points behind the Blues going into the final league game of the season on Saturday.Skinner says his side need a lot of factors to go their way in order to win a first major title.
Women's World Cup final 2023 tickets: Prices for Sydney decider & where to buy
With every major tournament that comes around in the women's game, the interest grows.The same can be said for the Women's World Cup which is set to take place this summer in Australia and New Zealand.Excitement has been building throughout the season, especially in the Women's Champions League with fans getting the chance to see some of the players who will be key during the tournament.
Arsenal sell out Emirates for Wolfsburg semi-final
Arsenal have sold out the Emirates Stadium for their Women's Champions League semi-final second leg against Wolfsburg on Monday.More than 60,000 tickets have been sold, meaning the Gunners are likely to break the attendance record for a women's club match in England.The current attendance record of 47,367 was set in September at Arsenal's home victory over Tottenham.
Will Chelsea win again or Man Utd cause title shock?
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Going into the final game of the Women's Super League season, it looks likely a very familiar name will be on the trophy - although a completely new one remains a possibility.
Man Utd 'rebels' face serial winners Chelsea in final
Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online.Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds & follow live text coverage on the BBC Sport website and app.As they go toe-to-toe in the Women's Super League title race, Chelsea and Manchester United will also face off in the FA Cup final at a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
Chelsea will face holders and eight-time winners Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League.Arsenal will play Bayern Munich, with the Women's Super League sides unable to be drawn against each other after both won their groups.Last year's runners-up Barcelona play debutants Roma in the last eight while Paris St-Germain take on Wolfsburg.
Reports: Juventus Women to offer Julia Grosso new deal amid Man City interest
With Juventus Women's multitude of success ever since its first season 5 1⁄ 2 years ago, the reality of the situation is that a roster has been put together of players who are in no danger of leaving but also those who are going to be suddenly coveted by other clubs.That's especially true of the last couple of years as Juve's success has helped the overall level of new arrivals rise, thus creating players who develop into very in-demand names.
England's Georgia Stanway sealed a dramatic comeback as Bayern Munich came from 2-0 down to beat Benfica in the Women's Champions League.The hosts looked on course for victory after Nycole Raysla and Cloe Lacasse scored either side of the interval.But Bayern pulled it back to 2-2 through Maximiliane Rall and Stanway.
Chelsea 0-2 Barcelona (1-2 on agg): Player ratings as Barca reach Women's Champions League final
Barcelona overturned a first-leg deficit to reach Women's Champions League final, defeating Chelsea in front of a record crowd at Stamford Bridge. [ more ]
Women's Champions League: where the semi-finals will be won and lost
Chelsea must find the perfect balance between playing their own game and constricting Barcelona, learning from past encounters to avoid repeating mistakes. [ more ]
Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich - Football Match Report - March 29, 2023 - ESPN
Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in front of a record crowd of 21,307 at the Emirates on Wednesday to reach to the semifinals of the Women's Champions League.First-half goals from Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius were all Jonas Eidevall's side needed to overturn their 1-0 deficit from the opening leg of the quarterfinals to advance.
Lyon vs. Chelsea - Football Match Report - March 22, 2023 - ESPN
Guro Reiten's first-half goal helped Chelsea beat Lyon 1-0 to put the London club a step closer to the semifinals of the Women's Champions League on Wednesday.The Norway international's curling strike in the 28th minute puts Chelsea in control against the defending champions heading into the second leg of the quarterfinals next week at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and England manager Sarina Wiegman are among the coaching finalists for the FIFA Best Awards announced on Thursday.Guardiola, who led City to a fourth Premier League title in five years last season, is joined on the men's coaching shortlist by Argentina's World Cup-winning manager Lionel Scaloni and Carlo Ancelotti, who guided Real Madrid to a Champions League and LaLiga double.
Emma Hayes livid as Chelsea 'robbed' by 'embarrassing' referee in Women's Champions League
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes was unhappy with the refereeing decisions in their 2-2 draw against Real Madrid in the Women's Champions League.
Hayes felt that Chelsea was robbed of a win due to a controversial offside call and a penalty awarded to Real Madrid for a challenge that appeared to be outside the box.
The lack of VAR in operation was highlighted as a factor in the incorrect decisions. [ more ]
Roma clinches title, ending Juventus Women's record Scudetto streak
The new-look end to the Serie A Femminile certainly provided some fireworks the first time through the schedule, but it ultimately didn't impact that title race all that much at all.On Saturday, said title race officially came to an end.With Roma's 2-1 win over Fiorentina, there is now a team other than Juventus Women that can call themselves league champions for the first time in half a decade.
Juventus Women can't get the win it needs vs. Lyon to make UWCL quarterfinals
Coming into Wednesday night's decisive Women's Champions League group stage finale, we knew what Juventus Women had to do and that their opponent was much improved from the last time the two teams played two months ago.That win the Bianconere needed to stay alive in Europe never arrived.The scoreless draw that ended up playing out at the Groupama Stadium was never going to do it when it came to Juve advancing to the Women's Champions League knockout rounds.
Juventus Women facing an incredibly important month of December
Something dawned on me right after I wrote the headline to this post.It's the very notion that I sat, probably in the same spot that I am now typing out this sentence, and probably wrote about the Juventus women having a big month ahead of them to close out the calendar year.Let's check things out, OK? Yep, we've been here before.
Mental stress on elite female players must be considered as well as their physical health, says Manchester United manager Marc Skinner.Clubs have called on national teams to ensure players have enough of a break between the end of the domestic seasons and this summer's World Cup.It comes after a series of serious injuries to leading women's players, including England's Leah Williamson.
The scheduling of the Women's Champions League semi-finals is "strange" and "needs to be looked at", says Manchester United manager Marc Skinner.Women's Super League leaders United were set to play Arsenal in a crucial title clash on 22 April, but that fixture will have to be moved.
Chelsea sailed through the group stages undefeated.Arsenal proved eight-time winners Lyon can be beaten.But can an English side finally make a breakthrough and win the Women's Champions League for the first time since 2007?The group stages have come and gone and it's time for the knockout rounds with the first legs of the quarter-finals kicking off this week.
Former England international Jodie Taylor has rejoined Arsenal on loan for the remainder of the Women's Super League season.The 36-year-old returns to North London following the expiration of her contract with the National Women's Soccer League's San Diego Wave.The forward scored 10 goals in 17 appearances during her first spell at the Gunners between 2016 and 2017.
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes said her players produced their finest display of the campaign by cruising to top spot in Women's Champions League Group A. "I thoroughly enjoyed the performance - it was my favourite of the season," said Hayes, calling her team "superb"."I'm so thrilled with the entire squad.
Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall wants new signings to improve his side's attack despite their 9-1 rout of Zurich in the Women's Champions League.Frida Maanum's hat-trick helped the Gunners top Group C without injured duo Vivianne Miedema and Beth Mead.Eidevall says his team, who will be seeded in the quarter-finals draw and play the second leg at home, have taken "huge steps".
Arsenal need 'incredible performance' against Lyon
Jonas Eidevall says only an "incredible performance" against Lyon will ensure Arsenal qualify for the next round of the Women's Champions League.The Gunners will go through if they beat the reigning champions at Emirates Stadium on Thursday.They thrashed Lyon 5-1 in the reverse fixture and a draw will also be enough should Juventus fail to beat Zurich.
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Real Madrid - Football Match Report - December 16, 2022 - ESPN
Paris Saint-Germain held on to beat Real Madrid 2-1 at the Parc des Princes on Friday to book their place in the quarterfinals of the Women's Champions League at their opponents' expense.A late goal from Claudia Zornoza wasn't enough for Real Madrid after goals from Elisa De Almeida and Kadidiatou Diani put PSG in control to send them through to the knockout stages with one round of group games still to go. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Needing a win to stay alive in the competition, Madrid showed more fight in Paris than they did in the goalless reverse fixture but again failed to convert their better chances with poor finishing costing them as much as PSG's goals.
Reading manager Kelly Chambers has said the Women's Super League cannot be a "training ground" for officials.Chambers, who has been in charge of Reading since 2015, said the officiating is "really letting us down" for the growth of the women's game."We need to get the best we can right now.
Bayern Munich 3 - 2 Benfica: A last-gasp winner in the Women's Champions League!
Bayern Munich clawed out a 3-2 victory over Benfica in the Women's Champions League in the most dramatic of fashions.Bayern were the side with more control, but it wasn't a one-sided stranglehold over proceedings.Nor were they clinical and decisive in the final third, with low, flat crosses tending to clatter off defenders instead of creating chances.
Sam Kerr scored four goals as Chelsea recorded a heavy victory over Albanian visitors Vllaznia to extend their lead at the top of their Women's Champions League group.Kerr opened the scoring after just 10 minutes and was later set-up three times by midfielder Guro Reiten, while team-mate Pernille Harder grabbed a hat-trick.
Women's club teams on Fifa 23 help to 'normalise' women's football
Women's Football 4:15 PM GMT+1 Karen Carney stated women's club teams in FIFA 23 helps to normalise the women's game for a wide audience / EA SPORTS Karen Carney has emphasised the importance of women's club sides being included in FIFA for the first time, explaining their addition helps to 'normalise' women's football.
Arsenal humble Lyon to 'shift balance of women's game'
Manager Jonas Eidevall hailed Arsenal's 5-1 Women's Champions League win at holders Lyon as a "special night", as pundits heaped praise on a result that "shifts the whole balance of the women's game".
Uefa says concussion substitutes are not allowed in the Women's Champions League after confusion following a head injury to Arsenal's Beth Mead in Wednesday's game against Ajax.
Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall said he has "never experienced anything like" their trip to Amsterdam, where they beat Ajax to qualify for the group stage of the Women's Champions League.