Real Madrid Femenino and Chelsea Women made a dramatic 2-2 draw in a match from Group D of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, played at Alfredo di Stefano Stadium in Madrid in front of 2,913 fans. The British team missed the victory, although pressed their opponents during the whole second half.
Olga Carmona gave an advance for the hosts in the 10th minute after the assistance of Claudia Zornoza Sanchez. Niamh Charles equalized by a great header in the 41st minute and the score in the first half was 1-1. The second half started with impetus and pressure from the British visitors and Samantha Kerr scored for 1-2 in the 74th minute after the assistance of Niamh Charles, but Olga Carmona scored her second goal from a questionable penalty in the 79th minute to equalize to 2-2. Although Chelsea Women continued with their pressure by the end of the match, the Real Madrid Femenino defenders kept the draw.
Chelsea women made 21 goal attempts and recorded 8 shots in the target, while their opponent made only 4 goal attempts and 2 shots in target, but had 100% success in them.
Olga Carmona was the player of the match with her two goals and great performance in the defense of Real Madrid Femenino, while Niamh Charles and Samantha Kerr were the best in the group for Chelsea Women. of course, the performance of the Spanish goalkeeper Misa was valued very highly despite receiving two goals, as she saved as much as possible to give the point to Real Madrid Femenino.
In the the other match from Group D of the UEFA Women’s Champions League Paris FC lost to Hacken by 1-2. Rasul Kafaji Rosa (29′) and Anna Sandberg (56′) gave a 0-2 lead for the Swedish team, and Julie Dufour (59′) returned one goal for Paris FC.
Bayern Frauen and Roma Women made also a 2-2 draw in a match from Group C of the competition. The Germans led by 2-0 in the first half after the goal of Jovana Damnjanovic (20′) and the own goal of Elena Linari (45+4′), but in the second half, Evelyne Viens (58′) returned one goal for Roma Women. The big drama came in the very last minutes, when Manuela Giugliano equalized in the first minute of the stoppage time, bringing a point for her team.
In another match from the group, Ajax Women defeated Paris Saint-Germain Feminine by 2-0 after the goals of Tiny Hoekstra and Sherida Spitse in the first half.
