A aim in every half from Linda Caicedo and Athenea del Castillo gave Actual Madrid a priceless 2-0 win over Arsenal on the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano of their ladies’s Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.
The English aspect made the early operating however had been hit on the counter when Madrid made their first likelihood of the match within the twenty second minute.
Actual’s Sandie Toletti intercepted an Arsenal move in her personal half and picked out former Manchester United striker Signe Bruun.
Her move discovered Colombian worldwide Caicedo who held off the problem of USA defender Emily Fox earlier than surging into the field and discovering the underside left of aim with a neat end.
Beth Mead went near levelling simply earlier than half-time however slid her shot simply vast of Misa Rodriguez’s right-hand submit.
Arsenal, in a joint-record sixteenth quarter-final and seeking to attain an eighth semi-final, pressed within the second half for an equaliser, forcing Misa right into a collection of saves however the Gunners had been once more hit on the counter eight minutes from time.
This time Scottish midfielder Caroline Weir, enjoying towards her outdated membership fed substitute Athenea down the left channel.
Chasing to the sting of the Arsenal field, she stepped inside and drilled a drive in the direction of the left submit Arsenal goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger might solely palm into the nook of the web.
“It is an excellent end result and an excellent win,” mentioned Bruun.
“We needed to stick collectively and work as a workforce. We’re very proud of the scoreline, however there’s one other recreation to go and now we now have to concentrate on it.”
Arsenal captain Kim Little admitted her aspect had been “upset” with the defeat and would wish to step up a degree in subsequent week’s second leg in London if they’re to make it right into a semi-final towards both Bayern Munich or file eight-times champion Lyon.
“Now we’re unhappy however we now have to get better in order that the second leg can be completely different,” mentioned Little.
“We tailored higher to the sport within the second half. We created some good possibilities – however within the second leg, we must create much more and play good soccer
“That is what we want as a workforce for the second leg.”
