Arsenal are dealing with an uphill battle after a shock defeat of their Girls’s Champions League qualifier, although there was no such shock for Manchester Metropolis.
Jonas Eidevall’s facet have been defeated 1-0 within the first leg away to Hacken on Wednesday, leaving a comeback wanted within the reverse fixture subsequent Thursday.
An error from visiting defender Katie McCabe, who missed a clearance from a diagonal go, led to Tabitha Tindell’s 77th-minute winner at Bravida Enviornment.
Arsenal face Man Metropolis within the Girls’s Tremendous League between the 2 Hacken clashes, and Gareth Taylor’s facet will head into that home fixture with rising confidence from a positive European exhibiting.
Metropolis ran out comfy 5-0 winners away to Paris FC, with Vivianne Miedema scoring the opener on her aggressive debut for the membership.
Jess Park doubled the lead shortly after, and added a second to her personal account in a while, together with targets for Mary Fowler and Chloe Kelly in a one-sided outing in France.
That post-debut feeling!
0-5 #ManCity pic.twitter.com/wnNw0wdu3i
— Manchester Metropolis Girls (@ManCityWomen) September 18, 2024
Elsewhere within the qualifiers, Juventus secured a 3-1 first-leg lead in a battle of two heavyweights with Paris Saint-Germain.
New signing Amalie Vangsgaard opened the scoring towards her former membership earlier than Thiniba Samoura levelled with a luxurious equaliser quickly after.
Sofia Cantore arrange Juve’s first and located the online for the house facet’s second to revive their lead, earlier than Hanna Bennison wrapped up a positive crew transfer to seal a commanding benefit.
There was no such fortune for Juve’s fellow Italian facet Fiorentina, nevertheless, as Wolfsburg produced a 7-0 hammering within the first leg at Viola Park.
Wolfsburg captain Alexandra Popp dominated with a hat-trick, together with a brace from defender Marina Hegering and targets for Jule Model and Vivien Endemann.
