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Chelsea Ladies Took A Big Step Towards The Champions League Quarter-finals by sirjentul05(m): 6:48am On Nov 09, 2017 |
Emma Hayes' side were totally dominant
in the first half, but only had Fran Kirby's
classy finish to show for it.
Their Swedish opponents improved after
the interval, but Ramona Bachmann -
against her former club - doubled
Chelsea's lead from Ji So-Yun's pass.
Gilly Flaherty added the third after Kirby's
initial shot was blocked.
Rosengard's team selection at
Kingsmeadow was a surprise with striker
Anja Mittag, the only player with 50
Champions League goals, starting on the
bench.
They barely made it out of their own half
in the first 20 minutes as Chelsea's players
harried them remorselessly high up the
pitch and carved out a series of good
opportunities.
Flaherty's flick was headed off the line and
keeper Zecira Musovic saved from
Bachmann, Katie Chapman and Ji twice,
before Kirby checked back onto her left
foot after receiving Maren Mjelde's pass
and found the far corner of the net.
Boss Malin Levenstad's half-time talk
stiffened Rosengard's resolve and Chelsea,
who knocked out Bayern Munich in the
previous round, had a couple of anxious
moments before regaining the initiative.
The Swedes finally brought on Mittag after
66 minutes, only for the home side to
strike again just a few seconds after her
introduction when Ji fed Bachmann and
she slotted home left-footed.
Hayes' team did not ease up and, after
former Chelsea player Anita Asante failed
to clear a ball into the box, it eventually
fell to Flaherty, who gave Musovic no
chance.
Chelsea: Lindahl, Bright, Flaherty,
Eriksson, Thorisdottir (Blundell 79),
Chapman, Mjelde, Ji, Dunn, Kirby (Spence
79), Bachmann (Carney 83).
Unused subs: Spencer, Davison, Cuthbert,
Aluko.
Rosengard: Musovic, Sorensen, Asante,
Viggosdottir, Riley, Folkesson, Seger,
Wieder (Mittag 66), Troelsgaard, Landeka,
Masar.
Unused subs: McLeod, Sundqvist,
Hellstrom, Torisson, Filekovic, Lyberg.
Referee: B Steinhaus (Ger)
Attendance: 1,861 Source - m.bbc.com/sport/football/41892516
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