Arsenal vs Juventus LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and reaction as Gunners reach quarter-finals
Arsenal 1-0 Juventus: Lina Hurtig’s late winner sent the Gunners into the knockout rounds
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Champions League with a 1-0 victory over Juventues at the Emirates Stadium.
In a match low on chances and quality Lina Hurtig was the decisive factor for the Gunners coming off the bench in the second half to score a late winner that put her side clear of their opponents in Group C.
Juventus had set up with a low block to nullify Arsenal’s threatening forward line and were successful for most of the game. The Gunners were forced into crosses from wide that had no effect in breaking down the Italian team.
Renee Slegers switched things up at half time and Arsenal came out determined to make more runs itno the box. Stina Blackstenius, another substitute, collected the ball with one such run and picked out Hurtig who tapped in the winner.
Relive all the action with our live blog below:
Arsenal 0-0 Juventus
15 mins: Quarter if an hour played at the Emirates and nothing to separate the two teams. Neither team has had a shot on target yet with the Gunners slowly building into the match.
Arsenal 0-0 Juventus
12 mins: A long ball comes forward to Sofia Cantore who is beaten to the ball by Leah Williamson. She turns it across to Steph Catley who hoofs the ball back up the pitch to clear Arsenal’s lines.
Arsenal 0-0 Juventus
9 mins: Juventus held Arsenal to 1-0 for most of the game when the two sides met in Italy last week and they were solid enough until the closing stages were the Gunners ran riot.
Fox again skips free on the right wing but her cross is claimed by goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin.
Arsenal 0-0 Juventus
4 mins: Emily Fox gets forward on the right wing and swings a cross into the box. Juventus defend it without too much trouble but it’s been a decent start for the hosts.
Kick off! Arsenal 0-0 Juventus
This Champions League match is underway!
Arsenal’s leading scorer
Mariona Caldentey is Arsenal’s leading scorer in the Women’s Champions League and has found the net in each of her side’s three group games.
Will the midfielder add to her tally tonight?
Arsenal vs Italy
Arsenal have won six of their last seven encounters with teams from Italy (D1), scoring 16 goals and conceding just two.
In fact the Gunners’ first meeting with Italian opponents remains their only defeat. It was a 0-2 loss to Torres Terra Sarda in the 2004/05 Women’s Cup quarter-final first leg in Sassari.
They would ultimately progress to the semi-finals with a 4-1 victory in the home second leg.
Emily Fox on Arsenal’s growing confidence
Arsenal defender Emily Fox took the pre-match press conference alongside her manager and spoke about how the team are growing in confidence.
She said: “Right now, we’re all very confident in each other and ourselves. And I think with the entire team, we feel together. Each game has been very difficult and we’ve been learning from each and really finishing our chances and learning from the hiccups at the beginning of the season.
“I think with tomorrow, like Renee was saying, it’s another game, another challenge, and I think we’re up for it. And I think with just the variety of games and opponents that we’ve played, it’s given us more confidence in the sense that we can deal with anything.”
Slegers on Arsenal’s last match versus Juventus
The Arsenal interim boss said: “It was a hard game for us to play. It was 1-0 for a long time, we scored three late goals so they got a chance early in the game. So I don’t think there’s any sign of complacency amongst us. We know how hard it was, and in the end, we got a big result. But it took us so much to get there, both physically and psychologically.
“They know us very well now, and we know them very well. I think it’s a guessing game of what they will tweak and what they will do differently. From a coaching perspective, it’s fun because you have one performance and you play against the exact same opponent and the challenge you have in front of you is to try to do better.”
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