Barcelona vs Chelsea LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and final score
Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea (Barcelona win 2-1 on aggregate): Barcelona advance to their fourth Champions League final in five years after seeing off the challenge of Chelsea
Chelsea stopped Barcelona winning a home match for the first time in four years but fell short of a place in the Women’s Champions League final.
Guro Reiten’s second-half goal at the Nou Camp secured a 1-1 draw for Emma Hayes’ side and they pushed for a winner on the night but it was the Catalans who claimed a 2-1 victory on aggregate.
Barcelona have won 60 straight domestic matches at home dating back to February 2019, while the last time they did not win a Champions League match on home soil was against Lyon back in 2018.
Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea (2-1 agg)
72 mins: Barcelona’s captain takes her time getting subbed off the pitch with Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic coming on to replace her for the final 20 minutes or so.
Chelsea’s reinforcements are yet to come on but there’s a belief to their play now. They’re certainly creating more now.
Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea (2-1 agg)
69 mins: Chelsea have a goal will which inject a tonne of confidence into the team. They’ll believe that they can go on to score again and if they do Barcelona may start to get nervous.
Emma Hayes is prepping her changes now.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea (2-1 agg) - Reiten, 67’⚽️
67 mins: Great response from Chelsea!
A heavy tackle wins them the ball in midfield and they work it forward quickly. Melanie Leupolz flicks a pass over the top and finds Sam Kerr as she sprints into the box.
A heavy touch from Kerr kicks the ball at Sandra Panos but the rebound lands in front of Guro Reiten who then turns it home!
Barcelona 1-0 Chelsea (2-0 agg)
66 mins: It’s a mammoth task for Chelsea now. One goal was already a huge ask in a fortress of a stadium like this but two is near impossible.
Emma Hayes needs to react now, she needs to make some attacking changes.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Chelsea (2-0 agg) - Graham Hansen, 63'⚽️
63 mins: Chelsea didn’t learn!
Another counter-attack from the hosts sees Aitana Bonmati drive the ball up through the middle of the pitch before slipping a pass into Caroline Graham Hansen.
She shoots and despite an attempted goalline clearance from Jess Carter the ball crosses the line.
Barcelona 0-0 Chelsea (1-0 agg)
62 mins: Here’s a couple of changes for Barcelona. Ingrid Syrstad Engen and Salma Paralluelo come on to replace Keira Walsh and Asisat Oshoala.
A Barcelona counter-attack sees the host bomb it up the pitch through Graham Hansen. She squares the ball and it comes to Caldentey.
Barca’s no. 9 tries to shoot but Mjelde pokes the ball away in the nick of time.
Barcelona 0-0 Chelsea (1-0 agg)
59 mins: Niamh Charles’ forward pass takes a deflection and knocks the ball out for a Chelsea corner.
Eve Perisset whips in the set piece but a bunch of argy bargy in the box sees Barca win a free kick.
Barcelona 0-0 Chelsea (1-0 agg)
56 mins: Caroline Graham Hansen gets the crowd excited after receiving the ball out on the right wing. In an almost carbon copy of her goal in the first leg the forward nips inside from the right and drives into the box.
Chelsea deal with her attack better this time. They stick close to her and force the ball onto the striker’s weaker foot. Graham Hansen still gets a shot away but lifts it over the crossbar.
Barcelona 0-0 Chelsea (1-0 agg)
53 mins: Chelsea work the ball nicely over to the left wing before fizzing a good pass into the feet of Sam Kerr who’s now playing centrally.
Kerr releases it towards Guro Reiten who collides with the nearest defender and goes down in the box looking for a penalty. The referee isn’t interested though.
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