💫 UWCL: Real Madrid dominant in victory; PSG-Chelsea to follow 🎥 | OneFootball

There are four Women’s Champions League fixtures from matchday one to enjoy across Thursday night.

Real start in impressive fashion

Scorers: González 54′, Carmona pen 76′

Real Madrid overcame the first ever Albanian side to make it to the group stage on Thursday night with a dominant performance away from home that should have yielded more goals.

The Spanish side suffered a lack of luck in a scoreless opening half as they were twice denied by the woodwork, while Kaylin Williams-Mosier was also alert in the home goal to keep them at bay.

Both the goalkeeper and the crossbar combined to continue that frustration shortly after the break when she tipped a Claudia Zornoza effort from range onto the frame of the goal.

But that sterling defensive work was undone moments later when Esther González deservedly broke the deadlock with a calm finish after being played through by Zornoza and then showing quick feet to lose her marker in the area.

Zornoza should have put the contest to bed inside the final 20 minutes but blazed over from eight yards after fantastic build-up play on the left from Olga Carmona.

It was Carmona’s dribbling that did ultimately finish the job as she was brought down in the box and picked herself up to send the goalkeeper the wrong was from the penalty spot.

The taste of the big time doesn’t get any easier for Vllaznia, who face Chelsea on the road next.

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