BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 30: Players of FC Barcelona celebrate following their side's victory in the UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at Camp Nou on March 30, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain scored second-half winners in their away victories in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday. Barcelona defeated Norwegian team Brann 2-1, while PSG earlier beat Swedish club Häcken by the same score.
PSG won their Quarter-Finals First Leg Game
MADRID, SPAIN – DECEMBER 20: Athenea del Castillo of Real Madrid CF battle for the ball with Julie Soyer of Paris FC during the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage match between Real Madrid CF and Paris FC at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano on December 20, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Diego Souto/Getty Images)
The first leg between BK Häcken FF (SWE) and Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) ended with a 1- 2 goal line. PSG defeated Häcken in Gothenburg with a 74th-minute winner by Tabitha Chawinga. Eva Gaetano had opened the scoring for PSG in the 23rd with her first professional goal. Rosa Kafaji equalized for the hosts in the 42nd off the rebound of her own missed penalty kick.
“It’s good to leave here with a win, few teams have done it so far so it’s positive,”. coach Jocelyn Precheur told PSG TV, “Offensively, I’m a little disappointed. “We can show a better side to ourselves, especially in our stadium in Paris.” “We were quite careful at times but in matches at the top level I feel we could be more consistent and manage tougher periods better. I think we can be better in the second leg.” “We are disappointed but there were many things we did pretty well in the game,” Häcken coach Mak Lind said. “It was good for us to experience this game, and it’s only the first half out of two. There’s one more game to play and we have a chance, for sure.”
The second legs for both series involving PSG and Barcelona will take place next Thursday. Chelsea and Lyon will play their second legs on Wednesday.
Barcelona also won their Quarter-Finals First Leg Game
Alexia Putellas goal celebration during the match between Barcelona and VfL Wolfsburg, corresponding to the first leg of the semi finals of the UEFA Womens Champions League, played at the Camp Nou Stadium, in Barcelona, on 22th April 2022. (Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images)
UEFA Women’s Champions League Quarter-final between LSK Brann (NOR) 1-2 FC Barcelona (ESP) on Wednesday. Salma Paralluelo’s sixth goal of this season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League helped the reigning champions edge out a brave Brann outfit in the first leg of their quarter-final in Norway. Goals from Caroline Graham Hansen and Salma Paralluelo helped Barcelona avoid a shock result as a surprise package from Brann. But debutant quarter-finalists Brann recovered from a two-goal deficit to hold eight-time champions Lyon at home in the group stage.
They fought back with Justine Kielland testing Catalina Coll and Signe Gaupset almost pulling off an audacious long-range lob. However, Barcelona began to wrestle back control of the contest and was more likely to add to their tally. Lucy Bronze, Graham Hansen, Salma Paralluelo, Aitana Bonmatí, and Mariona Caldentey were all denied by the busy Brann keeper in seven minutes with half-time approaching. The Blaugrana almost restored their advantage just before the half-time whistle. But Irene Paredes’ powerful volley after a searching free-kick cannoned off the crossbar. However, as so often the case in the competition this season, Jonatan Giráldez’s side found a breakthrough. Thanks to a piece of magic from Salma Paralluelo. A clever turn in the box, after collecting Aitana Bonmatí’s cut-back, allowed the 20-year-old a sight of goal. she somehow squeezed her low shot just inside the upright to restore their advantage.
The second leg will be played at Estadi Johan Cruyff at 18:45 CET next Thursday. The winners face Ajax or Chelsea in the semi-finals on 20/21 and 27/28 April.
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