Ben Gilby rounds up all the week’s news from the Champions League, Damallsvenskan and Elitettan. Above: Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, scorer of BK Häcken’s third goal against Vålerenga that sealed their spot in the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stages in midweek. Photo: Expressen. UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWS: BK Häcken made it through to theContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
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The Swedish Scene
With UEFA Women’s Champions League action in midweek and important domestic league games last weekend, there has been a lot going on in Swedish women’s football. @DandalBs updates us. Above: Filippa Angeldahl grabbed two goals in her final appearance for BK Häcken before moving to Manchester City. Photo: BK Häcken. UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEWS:Continue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Important But Difficult Win For Lyon
Jean-Pierre Thiesset summarises Olympique Lyonnais’ 2-1 win in the away leg of their UEFA Women’s Champions League second qualifying round tie against Levante in Valencia, Spain. Above: A midfield tussle between Olympique Lyonnais and Levante last night. Photo: Levante UD. This game was not an easy one for Olympique Lyonnais and there were a lot ofContinue reading “Important But Difficult Win For Lyon”
The Swedish Scene
@DandalBs brings us his Saturday morning round-up of all the week’s news from Sweden. This time, as well as the return of the Damallsvenskan and yet more drama at the top of the Elitettan, there is a record transfer fee paid for a Swedish star as Hanna Bennison’s move to Everton, first mentioned here manyContinue reading “The Swedish Scene”
Major International Club Tournaments Kick-Off
by Catherine Paquette Above: Fans gather for The Women’s Cup. Photo: Dash Photography The upcoming week will see two National Women’s Soccer League clubs host two major invitational women’s cups. The first, The Women’s International Champions Cup, will be held in Portland, Oregon to crown the world’s best club. The second, the Women’s Cup, willContinue reading “Major International Club Tournaments Kick-Off”
UEFA Women’s Champions League: New System For A New Season
by Catherine Paquette Above: Last season’s Champions League winners Barcelona list the trophy. Photo: David Lidstrom/Getty Images The UEFA Women’s Champion’s League starts this week. Under changes by UEFA, it will now follow a different format compared to previous years, transforming how the competition will occur. The competition will start with a group stage qualificationContinue reading “UEFA Women’s Champions League: New System For A New Season”
Peamount United Set For Champions League Return
by Abi Ticehurst “We want to give a good account of ourselves, as we’re representing Peamount,” said Peamount United boss James Callaghan as his team’s opponents were revealed in UEFA Women’s Champions League draw. “It’s occasions like these that I feel it’s important to highlight the need for our league to go semi-professional. A taskContinue reading “Peamount United Set For Champions League Return”
Catalan Masterclass Leaves Chelsea Feeling Blue
Chelsea 0–4 FC Barcelona By Ben Gilby Barcelona produced one of the greatest performances of any women’s club team in totally dismantling Chelsea to win their first Champions League title. Chelsea boss Emma Hayes showed recognition of the threat posed by her team’s Catalan opponents by swapping Jess Carter and Niamh Charles’ backline positions aroundContinue reading “Catalan Masterclass Leaves Chelsea Feeling Blue”
Chelsea Make History
Chelsea 4-1 Bayern Munich Chelsea win 5-3 on aggregate. By Ben Gilby Chelsea produced a performance to be proud of as they became only the second English team in history to make a European club final. Chelsea welcomed back talismanic captain Magda Eriksson after being out for almost a month. Additionally, the club’s regular leftContinue reading “Chelsea Make History”
PSG End Lyon Champions League Dominance
Jean-Pierre Thiesset gives us his report of the UEFA Women Champion League round of 8 second leg, Olympique Lyonnais game against Paris SG. Paris St Germain won 2-1 away from home against Lyon, and qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Unfortunately for Lyon fans and as I foresaw, Lyon were not ableContinue reading “PSG End Lyon Champions League Dominance”
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