Sports

CHELSEA WOMEN’S TEAM STAGES DRAMATIC COMEBACK TO BEAT LYON ON PENALTIES.

todayMarch 31, 2023 39 1

Background
share close

Chelsea knocked out holders Lyon on penalties to reach the Women’s Champions League semi-finals after Maren Mjelde scored a controversial spot-kick in the 128th minute to level the tie on aggregate.

The hosts had looked to be heading out when substitute Sara Dabritz fired Lyon into a 2-0 lead on the night in the second half of extra-time, adding to Vanessa Gilles’ strike in normal time and overturning a one-goal deficit from the first leg.

But deep into injury time, Lauren James went down in the area under a challenge from Vicki Becho and referee Ivana Martincic pointed to the spot after a VAR check for substitute Mjelde to smash the penalty into the top left corner and send the tie to a shootout.

Lyon’s Wendie Renard and James both saw their spot-kicks kept out but Ann-Katrin Berger made the decisive save from Lindsey Horan to send Chelsea through and set up a tie with Barcelona.

Written by: Ella Adike

Rate it

Previous post

News

ENUGU STATE LABOR LEADERS PRAISE OUTGOING GOVERNOR FOR COMMITMENT TO WORKERS’ WELFARE.

The leadership of the organized labor in Enugu State comprising the Nigerian Labor Congress NLC and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC has paid glowing tributes to outgoing Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his exceptional commitment to the welfare of the state workforce despite the avalanche of challenges experienced by his administration since it assumed office in 2015. In what could be described as a farewell visit to Ugwuanyi at […]

todayMarch 31, 2023 34

Post comments (0)

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

0%