Barcelona v Chelsea: Women’s Champions League semi-final, first leg – live
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Chelsea may have never been able to get past Barcelona in this competition before but Sonia Bompastor has. Her Lyon side beat Barcelona in the 2022 Champions League final 3-1. Here is Tom Garry on Chelsea evolution under their new manager:
Since Bompastor’s arrival, when few imagined anybody could match the dominance Hayes oversaw, Chelsea have lost only once, and some might say even that does not count, given it was in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City which they fought back to win on aggregate.
The trophy the club want above all else, though, is the continent’s top prize. Standing between them and what would be only a second appearance in the final by a British club since 2007 are an in-form Barcelona, who have scored 11 goals in their past two matches and were 10-2 aggregate winners over Wolfsburg in the quarter-finals.
