Actual Madrid denied Chelsea victory on Girls’s Champions League matchday one due to a controversial late penalty from World Cup star Olga Carmona.
Chelsea supervisor Emma Hayes confronted her first fixture after it was confirmed she could be buying and selling Cobham for Chicago and taking on the position of head coach of the US Girls’s Nationwide Staff on the finish of the present season after 12 years answerable for the Blues.
A brace from Carmona, who scored the one purpose within the World Cup last at hand defeat to England three months in the past, cancelled out Chelsea’s two headed objectives from Niamh Charles and Sam Kerr.
How the sport unfolded
Madrid’s strong assault was shortly rewarded with an early purpose 10 minutes in. The primary shot of the sport fell to Spain’s World Cup-winning captain Carmona whose rocket of a strike took an enormous deflection off Chelsea skipper Millie Vivid to barrel into the again of the web.
Each time Chelsea have been urgent ahead, Madrid’s defence swarmed them and compelled the guests into errors, in a powerful begin to the group stage from the hosts.
Chelsea started to compose themselves looking for an equaliser however Madrid have been nonetheless firmly pulling the strings to maintain final years semi-finalists at bay. Chelsea’s break allowed Fran Kirby to feed Sam Kerr who whipped goal-bound however Misa Rodrigues made an distinctive save earlier than Erin Cuthbert and Jessie Fleming have been each denied in the identical manor.
Chelsea seemed shaky defensively, with their midfield additionally showing uncharacteristically passive. But the Blues entrance line was removed from subdued and have been rewarded for his or her invigorated assault, with Charles netting her first European purpose to stage the rating.
Charles, who has created probably the most probabilities for any membership within the WSL to date this season, broke away from Athenea del Castillo to attain a bullet header from Ashley Lawrence’s pinpoint cross.
Chelsea saved attacking however weren’t pulling the set off on the proper time. Kerr got here near snatching the lead after a effectively labored run into the field. However Misa’s outstretched determined dive denied the Australian striker her first European purpose of the season. Kirby was additionally lining up a shot into the again of the web however Madrid skipper Ivana Andres foiled the 30-year-old.
Left-back Charles was as soon as once more available to cease Del Castillo’s run in her tracks earlier than apinpoint cross discovered the pinnacle of Kerr, whose prolific ability made no mistake of claiming the lead.
Regardless of having a penalty enchantment fall on deaf ears earlier within the half after being tackled within the field, Fleming gave away a questionable penalty. Regardless of the minimal contact occurring earlier than the field, Del Castillo fell throughout the field, seeing Carmona dispatch the highly effective equaliser from the spot consequently.
In one other flip towards the guests, Charles as soon as once more had the ball at the back of the web seconds earlier than the ultimate whistle however a questionable offside name, presumably on Kerr for supposedly interfering with play within the midd, left the groups sharing the spoils.
GK: Misa Rodriguez – 8/10 – Strong efficiency from the Spaniard who pulled out some imperssive stops to disclaim Chelsea’s prestigious ahead line.
RB: Oihane Hernandez – 6/10 – Evenly matched towards Fleming however was quiet and Madrid struggled to make use of the fitting flank as an attacking choice, utilizing the left much more successfully.
CB: Ivana Andres – 8/10 – A very spectacular night time for the skipper, proving how pivotal she is in not solely main the defence however taking up gamers one v one, and successful.
CB: Kathellen Souza – 7/10 – Did effectively to stop towards Kirby however was the shakier of the 2 centre-halves and Chelsea exploited this.
LB: Olga Carmona – 8/10 – Screamer of a purpose from Carmona to open the scoring. Defensifly, such a strong full again however so harmful urgent ahead and Cheslea have been too passive in coping with the menace she poses.
CM: Sandie Toletti – 6/10 – Made some harmful performs and her resolution making was lower than fascinating. Did not include Kirby leaving her far too harmful.
CM: Teresa Abelleira – 6/10 – A good match up with Cuthbert however was caught out of place a number of occasions. That being mentioned, her involvement elsewhere on the pitch was helpful in holding Chelsea at bay.
CAM: Claudia Zornoza – 6/10 – Offered a key avenue for Madrid to play by however struggled towards Chelsea’s central midfield arrange.
RW: Athenea del Castillo – 7/10 – Didn’t do effectively sufficient to trace Charles and the England defender beat her on tempo and creativity too many occasions. Had a quieter night time upfront, however was capable of present a succinct attacking choice.
ST: Signe Brunn – 6/10 – A quieter night from the latest Madrid signing who struggled to seek out footing within the sport.
LW: Linda Caicedo- 7/10 – An actual menace however was let down by poor passes feeding her. She was launched a number of occasions and needed to be denied by Chelsea pulling off their most creative saves.
Substitutes
SUB: Maite Oroz (60′ for Zornoza) – 6/10
SUB: Naomie Feller (71′ for Brunn) – 6/10
SUB: Hayley Raso (89′ for Caicedo) – N/A
SUB: Freja Olofsson (90′ for Abelleira) – N/A
Subs not used: Chavas (GK), Galves, Robles, Moller, Svava, Rodriguez, Lopez, Alonso
Supervisor
Alberto Toril – 7/10 – Good to make use of 4-2-3-1 and did effectively to rebuild his midfield after pivotal Caroline Weir suffered her ACL harm final month. Madrid have been saved by the officiating.
GK: Ann-Katrin Berger – 6/10 – Ended up fully wrongfooted by the opener.
RB: Ashley Lawrence – 8/10 – Very outstanding on the fitting, each defensivley and offering a ruthless attacking choice that resulted in a purpose. Her expertise in UWCL was clear to see.
CB: Millie Vivid – 7/10 – Very passive early on defending towards Madrid’s entrance line, missing togetherness and communication on the again however did effectively to develop into the sport and settle Chelsea into some extra cohesive defending.
CB: Jess Carter – 6/10 – The Vivid-Carter centre-back pairing is the much less sturdy choice for Hayes and it was seen that neither offering a ball-playing choice and was caught out of place at occasions, leaving Vivid a lone solider.
LB: Niamh Charles – 9/10 – Distinctive driving ahead and scored the equaliser and practically had a final ditch winner too. Her defensive skill has been vastly improved and he or she did nice work in monitoring again and holding Del Castillo at bay.
CM: Erin Cuthbert – 6/10 – Good from Cuthbert defensively and got here in to make some vital tackles however ought to have accomplished extra within the construct as much as the primary purpose.
CM: Sjoeke Nusken – 7/10 – Getting her first style of European soccer, the German worldwide did effectively to carry the ball up effectively and use her imaginative and prescient to full benefit.
CAM: Fran Kirby – 8/10 – As soon as once more, proved how pivotal of a participant she is and the way scientific her strikes could be. Lined up quite a few occasions to take a shot at Misa who did effectively to stop Kirby however that didn’t dampen the midfielder’s spectacular relentlessness. A irritating 65 minutes for the England Lionesses however a powerful one.
RW: Johanna Rytting Kaneryd – 5/10 – Quiet night time for the Swede who struggled to become involved within the assault.
ST: Sam Kerr – 7/10 – Irritating night for the same old scientific striker who would been disillusioned to not have scored extra of her clear lower probabilities, but her purpose modifications the power for Chelsea and was important for the final push.
LW: Jessie Fleming – 6/10 – Optimistic from the Canadian however gave away the penalty regardless of the contact occurring exterior of the field. An unlucky officiating resolution for a sort out that simply went the improper means for Fleming.
Substitutes
SUB: Lauren James (63′ for Kirby) – 7/10
Subs not used: Musovic (GK), Hampton (GK), Fishel, Nouwen, Ingle, Perisset, Mjelde, Buchanan, Cankovic, Beever-Jones
Supervisor
Emma Hayes – 7/10 – Arrange her crew effectively and her half-time crew discuss was clearly efficient however the facet was let down by the questionable officiating.
