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By Joe RindlBBC Sport astatine Kingsmeadow
Last updated connected 3 minutes ago.From the conception Women's Football
Chelsea person won each 3 of their Women's Champions League matches this seasonChelsea maintained their cleanable commencement successful the Women's Champions League radical signifier by edging retired Real Madrid.
Following a drab archetypal fractional the Blues took the pb done Sophie Ingle's 66th-minute header aft Millie Bright flicked connected a corner.
Erin Cuthbert's dipping transverse sealed the points with 15 minutes left, catching retired goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez.
Chelsea stay favourites to beforehand arsenic Group A winners, 5 points wide of second-placed Paris St-Germain.
Last season's semi-finalists defeated Albanian broadside Vllaznia 5-0 earlier connected Wednesday.
Chelsea canter location astatine expectant Kingsmeadow
Chelsea, who returned to the apical of the Women's Super League connected Sunday after beating Tottenham astatine Stamford Bridge, came into the lucifer starring Group A, 2 points up of unbeaten Real Madrid.
After a 1-0 triumph implicit Paris St-Germain and an 8-0 triumph against Vllaznia successful their 2 different Champions League matches, a bouncing Kingsmeadow assemblage was expectant.
They came adjacent done Fran Kirby's aboriginal curling effort successful an different uneventful archetypal half.
With 25 minutes to spell determination was a tense vigor astatine Kingsmeadow with Real Madrid increasing into the game, but that was soon replaced with alleviation aft Ingle's opener.
And Chelsea astir added a 3rd done 2 Niamh Charles efforts astatine the decease arsenic they saw retired the win.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Chelsea Women
Formation 4-3-3
- 30Berger
- 21Charles
- 26Buchanan
- 4Bright
- 16Eriksson
- 22Cuthbert
- 5Ingle
- 14KirbySubstituted forFlemingat 56'minutes
- 19Rytting KanerydSubstituted forJamesat 56'minutesBooked astatine 69mins
- 20Kerr
- 11ReitenSubstituted forCarterat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Musovic
- 3Nouwen
- 7Carter
- 9England
- 10James
- 13Svitková
- 15Périsset
- 17Fleming
- 27Abdullina
- 28Cankovic
- 36Akpan
Real Madrid Femenino
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Rodríguez Rivero
- 2Robles
- 14Sousa Feitoza
- 5Andrés
- 7CarmonaSubstituted forGarcíaat 81'minutes
- 24OlofssonSubstituted forGálvezat 80'minutes
- 21ZornozaSubstituted forTolettiat 86'minutes
- 11Weir
- 20FellerSubstituted forSvavaat 63'minutes
- 10GonzálezBooked astatine 57minsSubstituted forHansenat 86'minutes
- 8Oroz
Substitutes
- 3Abelleira
- 4Gálvez
- 6Toletti
- 9García
- 13Gerard
- 15Florentino
- 16Hansen
- 18Rodriguez
- 22del Castillo
- 23Svava
- 27Camacho
- 46Fuente
Referee:Maria Ferrieri Caputi
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Match ends, Chelsea Women 2, Real Madrid Femenino 0.
Second Half ends, Chelsea Women 2, Real Madrid Femenino 0.
Attempt blocked. Caroline Weir (Real Madrid Femenino) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Møller.
Caroline Weir (Real Madrid Femenino) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea Women).
Attempt missed. Niamh Charles (Chelsea Women) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lauren James.
Substitution, Real Madrid Femenino. Møller replaces Esther González.
Substitution, Real Madrid Femenino. Sandie Toletti replaces Claudia Zornoza.
Ivana Andrés (Real Madrid Femenino) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Sophie Ingle (Chelsea Women).
Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Rocío Gálvez.
Attempt blocked. Niamh Charles (Chelsea Women) header from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Lauren James with a cross.
Substitution, Real Madrid Femenino. Nahikari García replaces Olga Carmona.
Substitution, Real Madrid Femenino. Rocío Gálvez replaces Freja Olofsson.
Foul by Olga Carmona (Real Madrid Femenino).
Jess Carter (Chelsea Women) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Substitution, Chelsea Women. Jess Carter replaces Guro Reiten.
Attempt missed. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Erin Cuthbert with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Kenti Robles.
Goal! Chelsea Women 2, Real Madrid Femenino 0. Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea Women) close footed changeable from a hard space and agelong scope connected the close to the apical near corner. Assisted by Niamh Charles.
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