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Chelsea reached the semi-finals of the Girls’s Champions League on Wednesday regardless of a 1-1 draw at house to Ajax, whereas Lyon additionally progressed after brushing apart Benfica in France.
Mayra Ramirez put Chelsea right into a first-half lead on her European membership debut earlier than Chasity Grant equalised for Ajax within the second half.
Chelsea prevailed 4-1 on mixture following a 3-0 win within the first leg in Amsterdam.
Ajax almost took the lead within the opening 20 minutes when goalkeeper Zecira Musovic had her clearance charged down by Tiny Hoekstra, however the ball rolled towards the publish and went agonisingly extensive.
Simply after the half-hour mark, Ramirez opened her Champions League account with a composed end after being let loose by Guro Reiten.
Now 4 targets to the great, Emma Hayes’ facet seemed set to cruise into the ultimate 4.
Grant put a dampener on the night time for Chelsea when she ran on to Hoekstra’s via ball and her barely scuffed end squirmed its method via Musovic.
With the rating degree on the night time, Chelsea’s mixture lead was insurmountable for Ajax though Musovic did redeem herself within the final 10 minutes when she made glorious fingertip saves to disclaim Romee Leuchter after which Danique Tolhoek.
4 up for Lyon
Earlier, braces from Delphine Cascarino and Kadidiatou Diani gave eight-times titleholders Lyon a 4-1 victory on the Groupama Stadium to assert the tie 6-2 on mixture.
Marie-Yasmine Alidou equalised minutes after Cascarino’s opener on the finish of the primary half, however the 27-year-old hit a second shortly after half-time earlier than two injury-time Diani targets gave Lyon a snug victory.
“There was rather a lot to be thankful for,” Lyon coach Sonia Bompastor toldo the membership’s channel, OLPLAY.
“The comeback at half-time was stunning and harm the Portuguese mentally, however we needed to be extra scientific within the first half.”
Lyon created a number of good early possibilities however did not discover a well past Lena Pauels within the Benfica objective till the forty third minute.
Cascarino gave Lyon a two-goal buffer on mixture when Eugenie Le Sommer chased down an underhit backpass, gained her problem with Pauels after which had the presence of thoughts to put the ball again to the French worldwide, who duly completed with a pleasant chip over the stranded ‘keeper and two retreating defenders.
However Benfica struck again immediately to cut back the deficit to at least one objective when Alidou bundled house Lucia Alves’ cross, following a chic defence-splitting cross from deep by Kika Nazareth.
Lyon made two adjustments at half-time, and the transfer quickly paid off when Cascarino doubled up with a tremendous particular person effort six minutes into the second half.
Selecting the ball up in midfield, she drove ahead earlier than unleashing a robust shot from exterior the world.
One minute into added-time, Diani tucked away Lindsey Horan’s knockdown within the field to cement Lyon’s spot within the semi-finals.
The margin of victory then grew to become even higher 5 minutes later when Diani miscontrolled the ball and Catarina Amado’s clearance truly glanced off the French ahead and into the web.
