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Lyon 1-4 Arsenal (agg 3-5): Slegers’ side seal WCL final spot after inspired turnaround

Arsenal produced an inspired change to beat Lyon with 5-3 aggregated and to book their place in the final of the Women's Champions League. The side of Renee Slaessers was 2-1 behind after the first stage of last week, but commander winners in the Groupama Stadium to set up a confrontation with reigning champions Barcelona […]

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Chelsea ‘beaten fair and square’ as Barca breeze into WCL final

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Erin Cuthbert admitted that Chelsea was “beaten fair and square” by Barcelona, who with 4-1 prevailed on Stamford Bridge to seal an 8-2 total routes in the semi-final of the Women's Champions League. Barca moved to a record-similar fifth consecutive final, after a few of 4-1 victories over the Women's Super League leaders. The side

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Chelsea vs Man City: Bompastor urges her side to leave WCL QF with ‘no regrets’

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Sonia Bompastor says that Chelsea is ready to “embrace the challenge” to oppose Manchester City for a fourth time in 12 days with the task of recovering a shortage of two goals from the first stage of their Champions League showdown. Chelsea is located on unknown territory. Bompastor's 28 game unbeaten run when Blues Boss

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Arsenal(w) 3-0 Real Madrid(w) (agg 3-2): Alessia bookends stunning WCL comeback

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An arsenal attack with three goals in 13 second half minutes ensured that the Gunners export the 2-0 first legs for the first leg of Real Madrid to set up a semi-final of the Champions League with Lyon after their 3-2 total victory. The Gunners blew their visitors away from the first whistle after the

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RMA vs Arsenal: Beth Mead describes conditions for WCL QF as not good enough

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Beth Mead says that the field of the state of Real Madrid was “not good enough” for women's football for the quarter -final victory of the Champions League – and shows how far the game is yet to go. Real Madrid defeated Arsenal 2-0 in Tuesday's League League quarterfinals first stage, but the fall-out of

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Chelsea suffer first lose in 31 games as Bompastor’s side beaten by City in WCL

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The last time Chelsea women lost a match, it was May 2024 and Rishi Sunak was still prime minister. That was the moment that Emma Hayes admitted her Swansong Fifth Singonne WSL title, only for the legendary manager to eventually get her way and to ensure that her departure from West Londs for the United

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Slegers confident Arsenal can go all the way in WCL after Bayern win

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Arsenal interim head coach Renee Slegers insists her side can go all out in the Women's Champions League after beating Bayern Munich 3-2 in Group C. Mariona Caldentey's late penalty sealed the victory for the Gunners, who needed to win the match to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. Glodis Vigosdottir scored an own goal in

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Arsenal qualifying for WCL quarter-finals feel surreal, says Slegers

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Renee Slegers says it feels 'surreal' that Arsenal have secured their place in the Champions League quarter-finals with two games to go. The Gunners finish at least second in Group C after Lina Hurtig's late goal secured a 1-0 win over Juventus on Thursday. What looked like a frustrating encounter was turned around by Slegers'

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Chelsea cruise into WCL knockout stage as Bompastor continues perfect start

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Chelsea powered their way into the knockout stages of the Women's Champions League with two games to spare after eliminating Celtic at Stamford Bridge. Lucy Bronze opened the scoring in the second minute with a stunning volley, and further goals from 19-year-old Wieke Kaptein and Eve Perisset saw the West London team take home three

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