IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Tabitha Chawinga efficient with PSG !
UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUARTER FINALS
27 and 28 March 2024
- FC Barcelona, Olympique Lyon, Paris SG (2 wins each) and Chelsea (one win, one draw) were the four favorites and winners of the quarter finals.
- The semi finals Lyon-Paris SG and FC Barcelona-Chelsea will be played on 20/21 and 27/28 april 2024. The final will be held in Bilbao on 25 Mai 2024.
- Sonia Bompastor qualified for her 8th Champions League semi final, 6 as Player and 2 as coach !
- RECORD ! Olympique Lyon holds all records of Women’s Champions League, they now qualified for their 13th semi- final in 16 participations (10 finals and 8 titles) !
- After 10 months absence due to ACL injury, Delphine Cascarino is back in the World football ! With 3 goals in the two games against Benfica, she was named PLAYER OF THE MATCH two times !
- Ajax youngest Lily Yohannes (16) wil earn her first international cap with USA at the Shebelieve’s Cup in April !
- Fran Kirby played her 201th game with Chelsea and secured the qualification.
- Ajax , Brann and Benfica played for the first time the quarter finals of the Women’s Champions League, but their qualities are recognized now all over the continent.
- Ingrid Engen, one of the two Norwegian players of FC Barcelona with Caroline Graham Hansen, played her 102th match for FC Barcelona against the Norwegian team of Brann.
- The semi finals Lyon-Paris SG and FC Barcelona-Chelsea will be played on 20/21 and 27/28 april 2024. The final will be held in Bilbao on 25 Mai 2024.
- Brann’s Goalkeeper Aurora Mikalsen was one of the best goalkeepers of the Champions League edition 2023/24 !
- New names in the UEFA Champions League : Kika Nazareth (21) brilliant in Lyon ; Lena Pauels, the german Goalkeeper ; Marie Yasmine Alidou d’Anjou, Canada’s striker of Benfica (5 goals) and a compact team : Benfica has showed a brilliant football during the two games against Lyon.
- Chelsea made the job in the second leg after their 3-0 in Amsterdam. Mayra Ramirez, Colombian international striker, scored already her third goal for Chelsea, the first in Champions League and the 7th in 2024 after 4 goals with Levante (Spain) in January !
- Brann SK , after Lyon, gave also many problems for Barcelona. Aitana Bonmati, Ballon d’Or, FIFA and IFFHS World player 2023, made the difference with a goal and an assist !
- Salma Paralluelo, IFFHS World’s Best Youth Player 2023, scored already 26 goals in 26 games with Barcelona this season ! She lost the head of the Champions League Goalscorers ranking, keeping 6 goals, one less than new leader Kadidiatou Diani of Lyon.
- Tabitha Chawinga, Malawi’s striker and sister of Temwa, IFFHS World’s Best Goalscorer 2023, continues her fantastic way with Paris SG, scoring her 13th goal in the year 2024 and number 24 this season with 10 assists !