Chelsea Women Overcome Setbacks To Take Big First Leg Lead
Melvine Malard of Chelsea scores her teams third goal against Real Sociedad Photo by Patrick KhachfeGetty Images
Chelsea Women saw off Real Sociedad to take a 5-2 lead in the UWCL Champions League third qualifying round first leg.
Champions path
Sparta Praha 3-2 Servette
SK Brann 2-1 Austria Wien
PSV Eindhoven 0-1 HB Køge
Czarni Sosnowiec 1-4 OH Leuven
SK Brann came from behind to take a 2-1 lead over Austria Wien, with Lauren Davidson getting the winning goal.
Kyra Carusa scored the only goal as HB Køge won away to PSV Eindhoven, Sparta Praha had to settle for a narrow home victory against Servette.
Leuven have one foot in the next stage after an Isabella Dekker double helped them win 4-1 at Czarni Sosnowiec.
League path
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Wolfsburg 2-0 Inter Milan
Ajax 0-2 Real Madrid
St. Pölten v Juventus (late kick-off)
Chelsea 5-2 Real Sociedad
Chelsea had to come from behind to defeat Real Sociedad, with Ainhoa Marin scoring an early goal. Naomi Girma equalised and Veerle Buurman put the Blues ahead, only for Cecilia Marcos to make it 2-2. But Melvine Malard struck twice, with Lauren James also on target.
Wolfsburg beat Inter Milan with goals either side of the break, and the visitors had a player sent off in between, Real Madrid scored in the second half for a 2-0 win at Ajax.
Eintracht Frankfurt drew with PSG after goals were exchanged in the first seven minutes.
The eventual winners of the nine ties will join the nine clubs directly qualified for the league phase. The nine defeated teams will transfer to the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup second qualifying round.
UEFA Women’s Europa Cup first qualifying round, 1st leg
FC Minsk v ŽNK Agram (29 August)
ŽNK Hajduk Split 0-2 Fortuna Hjørring
Radomlje 0-2 Vålerenga
Apollon 0-2 FH
KFF Mitrovica 0-0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
SK Sturm Graz 2-1 Gintra Sport Clube União
Torreense v Kolos Kovalivka (late kick-off)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo 2-3 Slovan Liberec
Breiðablik 8-1 FK Csíkszereda
SeaSters Odesa 1-0 Rosenborg
RSC Anderlecht 2-1 Feyenoord
ŽFK Spartak Subotica v Brøndby IF (late kick-off)
Sunna Rún Sigurðardóttir hit a hat-trick as Breiðablik thrashed FK Csíkszereda
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