Champions League: Barcelona Beat Brann To Set Up Last Four Date With Chelsea
Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji
English Women’s Super League( WSL) champions, Chelsea will play FC Barcelona in the semi-finals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) after the European champions secured a 5-2 aggregate victory over Brann.
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Barcelona – who beat Wolfsburg 3-2 in the final last year – followed up their 2-1 first-leg victory with a 3-1 win over their Norwegian opponents on Thursday.
Aitana Bonmati – the reigning Ballon d’Or winner – opened the scoring in the 24th minute, before Fridolina Rolfo doubled the lead just before the hour mark.
Tomine Svendheim pulled a goal back for Brann but Barcelona eased their way into the last four for a sixth successive season, with Patricia Guijarro adding a third shortly before full-time.
The Spanish champions will now face Chelsea, who eliminated Ajax 4-1 on aggregate in their quarter-final and are bidding to win the Champions League for the first time.
The first leg will take place in Barcelona on the weekend of April 20/21, with the second leg hosted by Chelsea a week later.
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French side, PSG also made it to the semi-final after a 3-0 win against Swedish outfit, BK Hacken at the Parc des Princes, Paris.
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Tabitha Chawinga, Korbin Albert, and Marie-Antoinette Katoto scored for the former French champions.
The Parisien recorded a 5-1 win on aggregate to set up a last-four date with another French side and European record champions, Lyon.
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