Chelsea Women Secure Qualification for UWCL League Phase
Chelsea players huddle together in the UEFA Womens Champions League Photo by Patrick KhachfeGetty Images
Chelsea Women qualified for the UWCL League phase with a 6-2 aggregate victory over Real Sociedad.
Keira Walsh added to Chelsea’s 5-2 first-leg lead over Real Sociedad before the hour mark, assisted by Sandy Baltimore as the Blues cemented their progress.
PSG overcame 10-player Eintracht Frankfurt in extra time after Hayley Raso was sent off midway through the second half.
Inter Milan fought back to take Wolfsburg to extra time and penalties, before winning the shoot-out 5-4.
Austria Wien overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit against SK Brann, winning 4-0 on the night and 5-2 overall, helped by a hat-trick from Modesta Uka and red card for Karoline Haugland.
Champions path
Servette 3-0 Sparta Praha (Agg: 5-3)
Austria Wien 4-0 SK Brann (Agg: 5-2)
HB Køge 1-1 PSV Eindhoven (Agg: 2-1)
OH Leuven 2-1 Czarni Sosnowiec (Agg: 6-2)
League path
Paris Saint-Germain 5-1 (AET) Eintracht Frankfurt (Agg: 6-2)
Inter Milan 3-1 (AET) Wolfsburg (Agg: 3-3) (Inter won 5-4 on pens)
Real Madrid 2-1 Ajax (Agg: 4-1)
Juventus 1-1 St. Pölten (Agg: 4-1)
Real Sociedad 0-1 Chelsea (Agg: 2-6)
The winners of the nine ties above will join the nine clubs already qualified for the league phase draw at 11am (BST) on Friday, 4 September. These clubs are Manchester City, Arsenal, OL Lyonnes, Paris FC, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Roma, Benfica, and Häcken.
The nine defeated teams will move to the UEFA Women’s Europa Cup second qualifying round, along with the winners of the ties below, with that draw also set for this Friday, at 2pm BST.
UEFA Women’s Europa Cup first qualifying round, 2nd leg
ŽNK Agram 0-1 FC Minsk (Agg: 0-1)
Fortuna Hjørring 1-1 ŽNK Hajduk Split (Agg: 3-1)
Vålerenga 7-1 Radomlje (Agg: 9-1)
FH 0-1 Apollon (Agg: 2-1)
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 5-0 KFF Mitrovica (Agg: 5-0)
Gintra Sport Clube União 3-5 SK Sturm Graz (Agg: 4-7)
Kolos Kovalivka 1-3 Torreense (Agg: 2-9)
Slovan Liberec 1-1 SFK 2000 Sarajevo (Agg: 4-3)
FK Csíkszereda 0-1 Breiðablik (Att: 1-9)
Rosenborg 3-0 SeaSters Odesa (Agg: 3-1)
Feyenoord 3-1 RSC Anderlecht (Agg: 4-3)
Brøndby IF 4-1 ŽFK Spartak Subotica (Agg: 9-1)
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