Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis each recorded good-looking house wins within the second leg of spherical two qualifying of the Ladies’s Champions League on Thursday to guide their locations within the draw for the group stage.
Arsenal welcomed Hacken to Borehamwood trailing 1-0 after struggling defeat on the highway to the Swedes final Wednesday.
However strikes by Lia Walti and new signing Mariona Caldentey inside 40 minutes gave Jonas Eidevall’s aspect the lead previous to the break.
Beth Mead and Frida Maanum then put the tie past Hacken’s attain as Arsenal ran out 4-0 winners.
Manchester Metropolis went into their house leg with a snug 5-0 benefit after a dominant first-leg show in Paris final week.
A objective after two minutes by England striker Chloe Kelly successfully put an finish to any hopes of an unlikely Paris FC comeback, earlier than Khadija Shaw scored simply after the half-hour and hour marks to seal a 3-0 win.
“I really feel we are able to go a great distance,” stated Metropolis supervisor Gareth Taylor.
“I by no means would say we’re going to win it. Getting out of the group stage goes to be our subsequent goal.”
Actual Madrid received 3-1 at house to Sporting Lisbon, with a brace both aspect of half-time by Sandie Toletti and a objective in second-half stoppage time from Alba Redondo easing the Spaniards to a three-goal profitable margin over each legs.
Final season’s semi-finalists Paris Saint-Germain did not overturn their first-leg deficit towards Juventus as they misplaced 2-1 at house to the Italians on the night time, and 5-2 on combination.
Roma emerged 10-3 combination winners as they overpowered Swiss aspect Servette Chenois 7-2 within the return fixture in Geneva.
Dutch membership Twente romped into the group stage as they scored 4 targets in each ties towards Croatia’s Osijek on their method to an combination win of 8-1.
St Polten of Austria received 5-0 in Slovenia towards Mura to finish a formidable 8-0 combination win.
Celtic received 2-0 towards guests Vorskla of Ukraine to undergo 3-0 on combination.
On Wednesday, two-time champions Wolfsburg, Norwegians Valerenga, Sweden’s Hammarby and Galatasaray sealed their locations within the event correct.
Lyon, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and holders Barcelona all routinely certified for the group stage of the Ladies’s Champions League.
Now that each one 16 group-stage spots have been determined, the draw will happen in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
