Arsenal booked their place within the Champions League group stage after overcoming a first-leg deficit to beat Hacken 4-0 at Meadow Park.
The primary leg in Sweden threw up a shock 1-0 defeat, however Jonas Eidevall’s facet have been as much as the duty, with Lia Walti and new signing Mariona Caldentey turning the scoreline on its head within the first half.
An excellent strike from Beth Mead then ensured their progress, earlier than substitute Frida Maanum added some extra gloss to the scoreline late on.
The Gunners produced a significantly better efficiency in entrance of aim than within the reverse fixture. Arsenal could have had fewer pictures on Thursday (14) and didn’t convert any of their 4 massive probabilities, however the emphatic scoreline is what issues most.
They be a part of fellow Ladies’s Tremendous League facet Manchester Metropolis within the draw, with Gareth Taylor’s facet cruising previous Paris FC.
Their job was all however completed after a crushing 5-0 win within the first leg, however Khadija Shaw’s double, following Chloe Kelly’s early opener, secured them an 8-0 mixture win.
With one other clear sheet underneath their belt within the competitors, Metropolis have reached the group stage for the primary time since 2020-21, once they fell to Barcelona within the quarter-finals.
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There was extra despair within the French capital as Paris Saint-Germain, final season’s semi-finalists, suffered a shock defeat to Juventus.
PSG have reached a minimum of the quarter-finalists in every of the final 5 seasons and have been mainstays within the competitors, however after struggling a 3-1 loss in Turin, their hopes of a comeback have been quickly squashed.
Sofia Cantore scored simply two minutes in to set Juve heading in the right direction for a 2-1 victory within the sport, and a 5-2 mixture scoreline, getting their identify within the hat for the primary time in two years.
Elsewhere, Actual Madrid secured their place within the competitors, as did Celtic, who will play within the Champions League group stage for the primary time because it was launched in 2020-21 after a 3-0 mixture win over Vorskla Poltava.
And a particular point out for Roma, who emphatically brushed apart Servette 7-2 within the second leg to safe a 10-3 mixture victory.