Again, the best teams in England were brought to school by the best teams in Europe.
Chelsea came with confidence in Barcelona – The WSL almost certainly won, the League Cup in the cabinet and a coach who won the biggest prize on the continent.
However, they left the Catalan capital, suppressed, disappointed and beaten well.
“The version we showed was not good enough … we have to learn from that,” were the thoughts after the match of Sonia Bompastor, but how often will the English elite not learn from European losses?
It is 18 years ago that Arsenal earned the only continental success of England and the landscape of the game has since changed dramatically.
The WSL has led the professional revolution in play, whereby the competition is seen by many as the best in Europe, if not the world.
So why can't the best teams in the division convert that into the success of Champions League?
Chelsea and Arsenal have incredible facilities, large fan bases, respected coaches, leading budgets and star players, but despite all the changes in the game in the past two decades, two different teams remain dominant in the competition.
Barcelona showed that they can choose a team apart at any time and fully benefit from a shaky end to the Chelsea game.
Eight times champions Lyon went to North London with an elite game plan, a large game experience and a frightening before the day.
They took everything that Arsenal had to throw at them and then hit them with two well -executed opposes.
Renee Slesers also said that her team will learn from their defeat at the Emirates, but it is a lesson that needs to be digested quickly.
A single target lack of target is absolutely overhable, but it will need one of the biggest Gunners versions to do this for ten years.
As far as Chelsea is concerned, if they turn a shortage of three goals against the team that the competition has dominated three of the past four years, this will be the biggest result in the history of the club.
If the top two of the WSL turn this drastically, it will certainly be given for years in coaching classes.