Khadija Shaw scored twice and Manchester Metropolis superior to the Girls’s Champions League quarterfinals with a 2-1 win at Swedish membership Hammarby on Thursday.
Metropolis stayed good within the competitors with 4 victories and reached the final eight for the primary time since 2021 — and with two video games to spare in Group D.
Bayern Munich was held 1-1 at Valerenga in Norway and nonetheless may earn a quarterfinal berth if Juventus loses to Arsenal afterward Thursday.
Metropolis joins Chelsea, Lyon and Actual Madrid within the quarterfinals. Arsenal may observe with a victory over Juventus.
Metropolis leads Group D with 12 factors, six greater than two-time defending champion Barcelona, which was going through Austrian membership St. Polten later Thursday. St. Polten has no factors; Hammarby stays on three.
Bayern tops Group C with 10 factors, Arsenal has six adopted by Juventus (3) and Valerenga (1).
Again to successful
Man Metropolis responded to its first lack of the season, 2-0 at Chelsea within the Girls’s Tremendous League on Saturday.’
Nonetheless with out injured star Vivianne Miedema, Shaw took cost, proving her scoring instincts after half an hour.
The ahead scored from contained in the penalty space with a deflected shot that flew over goalkeeper Anna Tamminen to frustrate greater than 20,000 noisy followers on the Stockholm Enviornment within the Swedish capital.
Ellen Wangerheim equalized quickly after the interval from shut vary to rejuvenate the group however Shaw struck once more to revive the lead simply minutes later.
This time, she delivered a strong right-footed end from the sting of the realm.
Bayern and More durable contained
Bayern dominated possession however couldn’t translate it into targets till the seventy fifth minute. It needed to depend on substitute Jovana Damnjanovic, who gave the guests a late lead after connecting on a cross from Giulia Gwinn.
The Norwegians, who’ve retained their home title, equalized within the 88th on Elise Thorsnes’ header following a nook.
Pernille More durable, who discovered the again of the online 5 instances for Bayern within the earlier three video games, couldn’t do it once more on Thursday and was substituted.
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