Wolfsburg are into the semi-finals of the Girls’s Champions League for the third time in 4 seasons after holding off Paris Saint-Germain in a 1-1 draw on the Volkswagen Enviornment.
The German got here into the second leg in possession of a slender 1-0 combination lead due to a Dominique Janssen penalty in Paris final week.
Alexandra Popp’s beautiful first half objective, her first on this competitors for greater than two years, was finally what determined the tie. The veteran ahead struck a candy first-time shot from the sting of the field that looped over PSG goalkeeper and eight-time UWCL winner Sarah Bouhaddi.
Wolfsburg had loads of likelihood to construct on their lead all through the sport, with Popp seeing a diving header saved not lengthy after her objective and later lacking different possibilities.
PSG equalised by means of Kadidiatou Diani within the first half to get them again inside one objective of tying the combination rating, flicking a header in from six yards.
To their credit score, each side went at it making an attempt to get the subsequent objective, with Popp going closest of all within the second half when she hit the publish from point-blank vary when it might need been simpler to attain.
Wolfsburg have now reached eight Champions League semi-finals – solely Lyon have performed in additional – and have gone on to raise the trophy twice. With the whole knockout bracket already mapped out when the quarter-final draw was made, they’ll face Arsenal after the Gunners emerged victorious over two legs in opposition to Bayern Munich. The tie will probably be performed in late April.
GK: Frohms (6); RB: Wilms (7), CB: Hendrich (7), CB: Janssen (7), LB: Rauch (8); CM: Oberdorf (7), CM: Lattwein (6) ;RM: Huth (8), AM: Roord (7), LM: Jonsdottir (6); ST: Popp (9)
Subs: Pajor (6), Model (N/A)
GK: Bouhaddi (7); RB: Lawrence (7), CB: Jean-Francois (7), CB: Geyoro (8), LB: Karchaoui (7); CM: Fazer (6), CM: Hamraoui (7), CM: Bachmann (6); RW: Baltimore (6), ST: Diani (7), LW: Martens (7)
Subs: Vangsgaard (6), Li (6), Albert (6), Traore (6)
