Lyon beat Roma 3-0 to keep their one hundred percent document in Group A of the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday, while Wolfsburg whipped Galatasaray to grab their initial factors.
In Group B, Chelsea originated from behind versus Celtic to maintain their best document and Real Madrid placed 7 previous Twente.
Record eight-time champions Lyon took a trip to the Italian resources with both sides degree at the top of the team on 2 success each.
Melchie Dumornay’s first-half support place the French side securely in control, her 2nd coming 3 mins prior to the period by means of a risky chip from inside the centre circle.
Vanessa Gilles jabbed in from close quarters in the 52nd min to rubber-stamp a reliable efficiency by Joe Montemurro’s side.
“We’re pleased to have won and to be top of the group, especially without conceding a goal,” claimed Dumornay.
“Obviously, I’ve always wanted to score a goal like that one in a big competition like this. All my team-mates were telling me to shoot because the keeper was off her line.”
Wolfsburg, the 2013 and 2014 Champions League champions, began their newest project with back-to-back beats versus Lyon and Roma– leaving them 3rd in Group A without objectives racked up and in genuine threat of removal.
Their 5-0 win in Istanbul maintains them 3rd area, 3 factors behind Roma in 2nd.
“We want to get out of the group by working hard and doing our best for the (three) remaining matches,” claimed Wolfsburg onward Rebecka Blomqvist.
“We are in a very tough group. But we also have the power to achieve this.”
Defender Joelle Wedemeyer’s 24th-minute header from an edge offered the Germans the lead. Blomqvist touched know 63 mins to increase the benefit.
The Swedish demonstrator rubbed home a 3rd for the group with 13 mins staying and after that finished off her hat-trick 6 mins right into included time.
Vivien Endemann wrecked home a 5th for Wolfsburg in the 97th min.
“We are very happy with the result,” includedBlomqvist “I am proud to show my best out on the pitch. It’s great to contribute to the team.”
A 3rd succeeding loss in 3 trips leaves the Turks base of the table with simply one objective racked up and 14 acknowledged.
– Chelsea hang on –
At Parkhead, Chelsea transferred to 9 factors with a 2-1 success over winless Celtic.
The hosts took a shock lead with simply over 20 mins gone when Murphy Agnew competed via and raised a surface past goalkeeper Zecira Musovic.
It took the English champs just 6 mins to react, initially via Maika Hamano in the 28th min and after that Ashley Lawrence put home a rebound 4 mins later on.
Chelsea were incapable to exterminate the suit in the 2nd fifty percent yet did well however in holding Celtic at arm’s size to see out a slim success, regardless of Aggie Beever-Jones getting a 2nd yellow card deep in injury time.
“I’m not really happy with our performance but we won, we have the three points,” Chelsea supervisor Sonia Bompastor informed UEFA’s site.
Real Madrid walked previous Dutch side Twente with a 7-0 win in Spain.
Signe Bruun opened up the racking up in the 3rd min, prior to centre-half Maria Mendez responded in her initial objective in European football 13 mins later on.
Naomie Feller directed in a 3rd on 50 mins and Caroline Weir not long after crinkled an unstoppable free-kick over the wall surface and right into the leading edge.
Mendez after that increased her tally in the competitors with a 2nd header from an edge 3 mins after the hour, prior to Oihane Hernandez and Carla Camacho finished the thrashing.
The Spaniards rest 2nd in the team with 6 factors.
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