Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis recorded good-looking residence wins within the second leg of spherical two qualifying of the Ladies’s Champions League on Thursday to e-book their locations within the draw for the group stage.
Arsenal welcomed Hacken to Borehamwood trailing 1-0 after struggling defeat on the highway to the Swedes final Wednesday.
However strikes by Lia Waelti and new signing Mariona Caldentey inside 40 minutes gave Jonas Eidevall’s facet the lead previous to the break.
Beth Mead and Frida Maanum then put the tie past Hacken’s attain as Arsenal ran out 4-0 winners.
Manchester Metropolis went into their residence leg with a snug 5-0 benefit after a dominant first-leg show in Paris final week.
A objective after two minutes by England striker Chloe Kelly successfully put an finish to any hopes of an unlikely Paris FC comeback, earlier than Khadija Shaw scored simply after the half-hour and hour marks to seal a 3-0 win.
Actual Madrid received 3-1 at residence to Sporting Lisbon, with a brace both facet of half-time by Sandie Toletti and a objective in second-half stoppage time from Alba Redondo easing the Spaniards to a three-goal profitable margin over each legs.
Final season’s semi-finalists Paris Saint-Germain did not overturn their first-leg deficit towards Juventus as they misplaced 2-1 at residence to the Italians on the evening, and 5-2 on mixture.
Roma emerged 10-3 mixture winners as they overpowered Swiss facet Servette Chenois 7-2 within the return fixture in Geneva.
Dutch membership Twente romped into the group stage as they scored 4 objectives in each ties towards Croatia’s Osijek on their option to an mixture win of 8-1.
St Polten of Austria received 5-0 in Slovenia towards Mura to finish a powerful 8-0 mixture win.
Celtic received 2-0 towards guests Vorskla of Ukraine to undergo 3-0 on mixture.
On Wednesday, two-time champions Wolfsburg, Norwegians Valerenga, Sweden’s Hammarby and Galatasaray sealed their locations within the event correct.
Lyon, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and holders Barcelona all robotically certified for the group stage of the Ladies’s Champions League.
Now that every one 16 group-stage spots have been determined, the draw will happen in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday.
AFP