“Barcelona Seals Third Consecutive UEFA Champions League Women’s Final Pass with 1-1 Draw Against Chelsea”

Thursday April 27, 2023

El Barcelona drew a 1-1 draw against Chelsea and sealed his pass for the third consecutive season to the UEFA Champions League Women’s Final. Those directed by Jonathan Giraldez they will be in the final Eindhoven thanks to the 1-0 victory of the First Leg in Stamford Bridge.

It is the fourth final in five years, the third in a row. Of the three above, the blaugranas they won in 2021 at Chelsea, precisely, in Gothenburg 4-0, but they lost those of 2019 and 2022 against the Lyon Olympics, on both occasions. Now, in the Netherlands, they will seek the second continental title.

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Los 72,262 viewers in it Camp Nou suffered with the tie, which came to break a string of 18 consecutive victories for the UEFA Champions League Femenilwhere the locals had control of the game and lost several goal options to increase their overall advantage.

They even canceled a goal for a hand to the Norwegian Caroline Graham Hansen at minute 8, but did not make a mistake in the second half. An excellent play by Aitana Bonmatí y Marion Caldenteywhere Aitana yielded to Graham Hansenwho took a powerful shot, which despite the efforts of the defender Jess Carter, made it 1-0 at 63′.

That 1-0 put everything back on track, but the Chelsea He reacted quickly at 68′. Sam Kerr he received in the race and his balloon attempt was deflected well by the goalkeeper Sandra Cloths, but the rejection fell to Guro Reitenwhich marked an empty door.

With the need to tie on aggregate, the Blues they launched themselves in search of an equalizer with Pernille Harder as a revulsion, but the azulgranas held on in defense and generated counterattacks that they could not materialize in a goal with a shot from Geyse y Salma Paralluelo.

The other finalist will come out of the second semifinal, which measures at Wolfsburg with the Arsenal. On the way out, the Gunners they raised a 2-0 and saved a 2-2 tie to define the series this May 1 at the emirates stadium. The Final will be held on June 3 in PSV Stadiumof Eindhoven.

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