IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - WOMEN'S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Romee Leuchter scored already 8 goals in the competition !
WOMEN’S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – 20 + 21 DECEMBER 2023
- Having reached the quarter finals on their debut in 2021/22, Real Madrid’s hopes of making the last 8 are again over like last season !
- After celebrating their first win in the Champions League and a record crowd of 10000 last week, Paris FC won also their second game in Madrid against Real. Goalkeeper Nnadozie was again decisive !
- Jonatan Giraldez announced that he would leave FC Barcelona at the end of the season, having been Champions League runner up in his first campaign in charge of 2021/22 before the victory in 2022/23.
- 21 goals in 4 games : FC Barcelona is not only the team who won their 4 matches, but has also scored the most goals and conceded the fewest goals (1) !
- Brann realized the exploit to earn a draw in the last minute against Lyon with the impressive display of 17 year old Signe Gaupset and Justine Kielland (21),who scored in the two Lyon games.
- The race for second place between Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt is intense ! Laura Freigang had the opportunity to give the 3 points to Frankfurt in the last minute, but she missed the penalty !
- Four time winners in their previous guise as 1FFC Frankfurt, Eintracht Frankfurt has two games to qualify in the final KO stage.
- It was Häcken’s ex-player Johanna Rytting Kaneryd who allowed the first goal of Chelsea, scored by Samantha Kerr for her 5th goal of the competition.
- Tabitha Chawinga was the best player on the field in Roma ! With a goal and an assist, she gave the second win in a row to Paris SG after a catastrophal start (two defeats) !
- After their win against Bayern, Ajax returned to the top of the Group due to the winning goal of Romee Leuchter, her 8th goal of the competition, including qualifying !
- Lindsey Horan received the red card in Norway against Brann ! A very contestable decision which influenced the game , Brann scored the 2-2 in minute 94 …
- The game Slavia Prag – St Pölten was postponed due to the tragic events that occured during the day in Prag.