OneFootball
Lewis Ambrose·18 August 2021
OneFootball
Lewis Ambrose·18 August 2021
A number of big name teams are in Women’s Champions League action on Wednesday. Keep track of their progress right here.
Winners of Wednesday’s games will play once more this week for a place in the next round, a two-legged tie which will see the winners progress to this season’s group stage.
Arsenal Women ran out easy winners against Kazakhstani outfit FC Okzheptes in Champions League qualifying on Wednesday. The scoring was opened and closed by two debutants as Mana Iwabuchi and Nikita Parris opened their Arsenal accounts.
A Kim Little penalty made it 2-0 after Iwabuchi opened the scoring early in the first half. Beth Mead made it three before Parris capitalised on some poor defending to notch on her debut.
Arsenal will now face the winners of PSV Eindhoven v Lokomotiv Moscow in the next round.
Juventus ran riot against Macedonian side Kamenica Sasa, with Arianna Caruso, Cristiana Girelli and Andrea Stašková all hitting hat-tricks in a sensational 12-0 demolition.
Celtic’s first ever Women’s Champions League outing ended in defeat to Levante in Trondheim.
Goals from Sandie Rose Toletti and Alba Maria Redondo Ferrer either side of half-time gave the Spanish side a commanding lead, before Caitlin Mary Hayes pulled one back for Celtic later in the second half.
Swansea City’s first foray into the Champions League looked to be ending in disappointment when Nevena Damjanović finally broke the deadlock in the 89th minute for CSKA.
But a dramatic late equaliser from Chloe Chivers earned the Swans a memorable draw.