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Full-time: Barcelona 4-1 Chelsea
Tie over? Chelsea undergo their greatest defeat in 17 months by the hands of Barcelona, a group that has typically been the one to cease them from getting their fingers on the coveted Champions League trophy. Barcelona confirmed their ability and their power in depth. An enormous job to be performed at Stamford Bridge subsequent week.
90+3 min: Nüsken’s tame shot is saved by Coll and the Barcelona keeper fortunately sits on the ball because the minutes tick away.
90 min: We’re getting at the least 5 minutes of added time.
90 min: Simply earlier than that purpose Barcelona had one other probability with Bronze being dragged out broad earlier than a Rolfö cross. Baltimore was in a position to take care of the preliminary hazard however the ball was then knicked off of Shiny by Pajor whose shot went excessive astray.
GOAL! Barcelona 4-1 Chelsea (Pina 90)
Pina will get her double but it surely’s the help that’s the star. Putellas stuns with a ravishing backheel after a one-two with Pina and the No 9 slots it dwelling. It’s a nice labored purpose however Chelsea’s backline are everywhere.
88 min: Some extra late adjustments for each groups. Ramírez makes method for Nüsken whereas Paralluelo comes off for López.
84 min: Welcome to the Champions League, Girma! The world file signing was on the pitch for moments earlier than conceding.
GOAL! Barcelona 3-1 Chelsea (Paredes 82)
Barcelona’s good nook routine reinstates their two purpose cushion! Pina’s roller is correct to Paredes on the far publish and the latter heads the trouble straight to the again of the web after shaking off Bronze.
81 min: Girma, the world’s costliest participant is on making her Champions League debut, replaces Björn whereas Brugts comes off for Rolfö.
78 min: Huge save from Hampton! Pina seems to be for her second as she curls one from the correct. The Chelsea keeper will get low and catches the trouble. There’s a temporary VAR examine for a shove within the space however the examine is over in moments and nothing is given.
77 min: Pina will get a yellow for a shove on Bronze and he or she is the primary Barcelona participant within the e book.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Chelsea (Baltimore 74)
Chelsea get one again! Macario finds Baltimore out broad. The total-back takes a contact earlier than slotting dwelling a superb end from exterior of the field on the left. Pinpoint end in what’s her fiftieth Champions League look. Barcelona are complaining however undecided what about. After a sluggish begin to this half it has immediately burst to life!
72 min: Macario is booked for a conflict of knees in opposition to Putellas.
GOAL! Barcelona 2-0 Chelsea (Pina 70)
Doing precisely what she did within the quarter-finals, Pina scores her ninth purpose in seven matches. Baltimore mistimes her sort out in opposition to Battle and the full-back places in a beautiful cross for the No 9 to faucet it in. From that shut of vary, it was all the time going to be powerful for Hampton to save lots of and Bronze is left stretching behind Pina and he or she unsuccessfully tries to dam the shot.
68 min: Cuthbert jams her studs laborious on the pitch and is now having her knee checked out by the physios. She is up on her toes however is limping off the pitch. We’ve seen this so many instances in ladies’s soccer but it surely seems to be prefer it isn’t as dangerous as feared. She is again on the pitch.
66 min: Graham Hansen makes method for Pina. The No 9, who was out injured, is such a fan favorite that the followers had been chanting her identify whereas she was warming up.
64 min: Walsh will get on the ball, seems to be round after which makes a move again. She then shrugs her shoulders at her teammates, pointing to the empty gaps. Indicative of Chelsea’s efficiency this half.
61 min: Beever-Jones, Chelsea’s high scorer this season, has had a quiet day. She comes off for Reiten. Kaptein additionally makes method for Macario.
60 min: Brugts reveals some good toes to get the ball off Ramírez. Chelsea are about to make some adjustments. Can they inject some vitality?
58 min: Chelsea lastly get out of their half. Ramírez places a cross by means of however there aren’t any cream shirts there to get on the top of it.
56 min: Coll and Ramírez alternate a number of phrases after the striker tries to latch onto a unfastened ball. One to observe because the Chelsea participant has already been booked.
55 min: Chelsea should be higher in possession. They’re shedding it really easy, handing it straight again to Barcelona on the fringe of their field. It has all been Barcelona within the 10 minutes of this second half.
52 min: Paralluelo will get previous Bronze on the flank and places a cross in for Graham Hansen however the hosts simply can’t get a shot off.
51 min: Lengthy ball excessive for Pajor. The striker doesn’t see the chance to shoot so she opts to put it off however Bronze intercepts.
50 min: The boos are nonetheless persevering with from the Barcelona followers everytime Hampton is on the ball.
48 min: Bonmatí knicks off the ball off her former teammate Walsh earlier than looking for Paralluelo however her move is intercepted.
47 min: Barcelona has 10 photographs to Chelsea’s three within the first half.
46 min: Barcelona made a half-time change with León, who was limping off earlier, is off for Engen.
We’re again underway for the second half on the Estadi Johan Cruyff. Can Chelsea discover a solution to take some form of benefit again to west London? Let’s discover out.
Some half-time postbag!
Kirk writes:
Had Girma been wholesome, I’m certain Bompastor would have gone with a again 5. Would have beloved to see Bronze and Baltimore hitting the flanks. Shocked Reiten didn’t begin rather than Jones, would have beloved to see Jones as an influence sub. Walsh has not impressed this season, may have most popular Nüsken. Barcelona could be had and I imagine Chelsea are group to do it.
I’m actually focused on seeing what, if any adjustments, Bompastor makes. Chelsea had an excellent spell however nonetheless hardly ever threatened Coll. Their first shot on course was Beever-Jones’s free-kick in added time on the finish of the half.
Tom Garry
As Putellas ready to take her spot-kick, there was a shushing noise rippling across the dwelling crowd because the Barcelona supporters tried to make it as quiet as attainable for his or her talismanic former Ballon d’Or winner. The Chelsea followers – located on the reverse finish of the stadium – had been nonetheless doing their finest to place Putellas off from afar, however Hampton had the save within the bag anyway. That’s probably the most necessary saves of Hampton’s younger profession to this point.
Half-time: Barcelona 1-0 Chelsea
Chelsea win one other nook however nothing comes from it earlier than the referee blows her whistle. Hampton stored Chelsea within the sport early on particularly together with her penalty save in opposition to Putellas however Pajor’s strike within the thirty fifth min is what separates the 2 sides.
45+5 min: The nook is available in and Bronze creates house for herself by pushing away her defender however the ball goes simply over her head. Chelsea are pushing for an equaliser earlier than the half-time whistle.
45+3 min: Bronze will get challenged within the field and moments later Bonmatí fouls Cuthbert. The referee blows her whistle for the latter however Bronze is fuming – she needs a penalty however she isn’t going to get one. However Chelsea nonetheless have a harmful free-kick about 25 yards out … Beever-Jones takes it and forces an enormous save out of Coll on the keepers left! Huge probability for Chelsea they usually now have a nook.
45+2 min: Graham Hansen makes an attempt her trademark roller from the correct however her shot is excessive and broad.
45 min: It’s all a bit scrappy now. Cuthbert will get fouled and Bompastor needs a yellow for Guijarro however the referee pays no thoughts to the top coach. We will likely be getting at the least 6 minutes of added time on this half.

Tom Garry
43 min: The Barcelona males’s group star Lamine Yamal is within the crowd right here, keen the hosts on from the entrance row of the VIP part simply to the left of the press seats.