Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea: Blues miss chance to confirm Champions League knockout place

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Real Madrid celebrateCaroline Weir's onslaught was the archetypal conceded by Chelsea successful the Champions League this season

Chelsea volition person to hold to corroborate their spot successful the Women's Champions League quarter-finals aft being held astatine Real Madrid.

Victory would person seen Emma Hayes' broadside suffice with 2 games to spare.

However, they fell down to Caroline Weir's first-half onslaught aft goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger's error.

Chelsea equalised successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile Guro Reiten's punishment deed the post, rebounded disconnected Madrid keeper Misa and went in.

The Blues volition scope the past 8 if they triumph against Albanian broadside Vllaznia connected December 16.

Chelsea person 10 points from 4 games successful Group A, 5 up of third-placed Madrid with a overmuch amended extremity difference.

They volition besides fancy their chances of winning successful Albania, against a Vllaznia broadside who person yet to gain a constituent oregon people a goal, person conceded 19 times and were beaten 4-0 by Paris St-Germain earlier connected Thursday.

Unusual Berger mistake costs Chelsea

Chelsea entered this crippled with a cleanable radical signifier record, including a 2-0 triumph implicit Madrid astatine Kingsmeadow 2 weeks ago. Another triumph present would person seen them surpass their disappointing 2021 run wherever they failed to get retired of the group.

While overmuch of the absorption connected Chelsea goes to their star-studded beforehand line, goalkeeper Berger has been conscionable arsenic important to their beardown European form, not conceding a extremity successful the 2022-23 Champions League earlier tonight.

The German whitethorn person been unsettled by attraction she needed to her ft conscionable minutes earlier the Madrid opener, seemingly sustained arsenic she went implicit awkwardly portion diving for a agelong scope Olga Carmona changeable which flew conscionable wide.

Whatever the reason, it was an uncharacteristic mistake by Berger arsenic she attempted to walk the shot into midfield but alternatively lone recovered ex-Manchester City midfielder Weir, who gratefully accepted the acquisition and slotted into the bare nett from 22 yards.

This was the 2nd clip Weir has recovered the nett against a Women's Super League broadside aft leaving City successful the summer, having scored the lone extremity to destruct her aged broadside from the Champions League successful qualifying.

Chelsea were sloppy successful midfield and portion they dominated possession, 61% successful the archetypal 70 minutes, often gave the shot distant successful bully positions.

They mislaid the shot conscionable extracurricular their ain container with 10 minutes to go, leaving Carmona to interruption done - lone for Berger to marque a good spreading save, a timely reminder of her value and ability.

Blues get fortunate with bizarre penalty

Chelsea manager Hayes described the triumph implicit Madrid 2 weeks agone arsenic a "cagey affair" - determination was nary specified caution present arsenic the Blues deed the woodwork 3 times, with the last 1 falling successful their favour.

They should person led wrong 2 minutes erstwhile an Erin Cuthbert header from a country was palmed distant by Misa and fell to Sam Kerr who thumped the shot disconnected the crossbar erstwhile she should person scored.

It was an disconnected nighttime for Kerr, who spurned a likewise wide opening fractional an hr later. The Australian was enactment done one-on-one against Misa by Lauren James, but pulled her changeable onto the extracurricular of the close post.

Instead it took an immense changeable of luck for Chelsea to equalise, aft Ivana Andres clumsily brought down Reiten successful the area.

The Norwegian took the spot-kick which deed the keeper's right-hand station - lone to deflect backmost disconnected Misa's backmost and rotation agonisingly implicit the line.

Kerr could person won it for Chelsea successful the last minutes - and enactment her broadside into the quarter-finals - nevertheless she was denied one-on-one again by a superb prevention from Misa.

The 2021 finalists look apt to marque amends this play for their group-stage elimination successful 2021-22, but this indispensable number arsenic a wake-up call.

Line-ups

Real Madrid Femenino

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Rodríguez Rivero
  • 5Andrés
  • 14Sousa Feitoza
  • 4Gálvez
  • 7Carmona
  • 6Toletti
  • 21ZornozaSubstituted forOrozat 74'minutes
  • 22del CastilloBooked astatine 21mins
  • 11Weir
  • 20FellerSubstituted forGarcíaat 90'minutes
  • 10GonzálezSubstituted forSvavaat 61'minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Robles
  • 3Abelleira
  • 8Oroz
  • 9García
  • 13Gerard
  • 15Florentino
  • 16Hansen
  • 18Rodriguez
  • 23Svava
  • 24Olofsson
  • 27Camacho
  • 46Fuente

Chelsea Women

Formation 4-3-3

  • 30Berger
  • 7CarterBooked astatine 63mins
  • 26Buchanan
  • 4Bright
  • 16ErikssonSubstituted forCharlesat 45'minutes
  • 22Cuthbert
  • 5Ingle
  • 17FlemingSubstituted forKirbyat 45'minutes
  • 10JamesBooked astatine 66minsSubstituted forRytting Kanerydat 77'minutes
  • 20Kerr
  • 11Reiten

Substitutes

  • 1Musovic
  • 3Nouwen
  • 9England
  • 13Svitková
  • 14Kirby
  • 15Périsset
  • 18Mjelde
  • 19Rytting Kaneryd
  • 21Charles
  • 27Abdullina
  • 28Cankovic
  • 32Orman

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Real Madrid Femenino 1, Chelsea Women 1.

  2. Second Half ends, Real Madrid Femenino 1, Chelsea Women 1.

  3. Attempt missed. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) header from precise adjacent scope is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Erin Cuthbert with a transverse pursuing a corner.

  4. Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Rocío Gálvez.

  5. Substitution, Real Madrid Femenino. Nahikari García replaces Naomie Feller.

  6. Corner, Chelsea Women. Conceded by Misa.

  7. Attempt saved. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Guro Reiten.

  8. Foul by Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea Women).

  9. Maite Oroz (Real Madrid Femenino) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  10. Offside, Chelsea Women. Sam Kerr tries a done ball, but Guro Reiten is caught offside.

  11. Sam Kerr (Chelsea Women) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

  12. Foul by Sofie Svava (Real Madrid Femenino).

  13. Attempt missed. Caroline Weir (Real Madrid Femenino) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high. Assisted by Maite Oroz.

  14. Attempt saved. Olga Carmona (Real Madrid Femenino) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal.

  15. Attempt saved. Olga Carmona (Real Madrid Femenino) near footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is saved successful the apical near corner. Assisted by Maite Oroz.

  16. Offside, Chelsea Women. Guro Reiten tries a done ball, but Sam Kerr is caught offside.

  17. Offside, Real Madrid Femenino. Sofie Svava tries a done ball, but Olga Carmona is caught offside.

  18. Substitution, Chelsea Women. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd replaces Lauren James.

  19. Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea Women) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  20. Foul by Maite Oroz (Real Madrid Femenino).

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