Chelsea cruise into quarter-finals with win over Celtic

Chelsea have certified for the UEFA Girls’s Champions League quarter-finals with a 100% report after beating Celtic 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

Lucy Bronze, 19-year-old Wieke Kaptein and Eve Perisset have been on the right track for Sonia Bompastor’s facet, who’ve received all 11 video games because the French supervisor took cost in the summertime.

5-time Champions League winner Bronze, who’s trying to assist Chelsea declare their first European crown, opened the scoring inside two minutes when her sensible volley troubled goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty, who spilled the ball over the road.

The Blues doubled their lead on 25 minutes when teenager Kaptein glanced an excellent header past Daugherty on the close to put up.

Chelsea have been awarded a late penalty when Bronze’s clipped cross struck the arm of Shannon Mcgregor, and substitute Perisset made positive of the factors from the spot.

Celtic are having fun with their maiden season within the Champions League however have misplaced all 4 of their opening video games.

Chelsea, who have been overwhelmed in final season’s ultimate by Bronze’s Barcelona, nonetheless should play FC Twente and Actual Madrid as they bid to qualify as group winners.

Chelsea supervisor Bompastor was clearly not glad together with her facet’s efficiency in tonight’s reverse fixture at Celtic Park final week, the place the Girls’s Tremendous League outfit edged the Scottish facet 2-1 to place one foot within the knockouts.

That simply goes to point out the extent she has set at Chelsea this season, who’ve received all 11 of the video games she has taken cost of.

As the ladies’s recreation heads for the November worldwide break, Chelsea are prime of the tree each domestically and in Europe, and at the moment are one step nearer to lastly sealing Champions League glory.

The Dutch teenager delivered a remarkably mature efficiency for Chelsea. She scored the second aim – a header she took brilliantly – to place the hosts in agency management and created essentially the most probabilities within the recreation (4).

The 19-year-old gave the impression to be concerned in all the pieces good Chelsea did going ahead as she continued her spectacular begin to the season together with her fifth aim contribution.

Chelsea: Musovic 7, Bronze 8, Mpome 7, Shiny 7, Lawrence 7, Jean-Francois 8, Nusken 7, Kaptein 9, Macario 7, Reiten 7, Kaneryd 7

Subs: Ramirez 6, Cuthbert 6,Perisset 7, Bartel N/A, Brown N/A

Celtic: Daugherty 5, Lawton 6, Hayes 7, Clark 7, Barclais 7, McGregor 6, Smith 6, Cavanagh 6, Gallacher 6, Ashworth-Clifford 5, Agnew 6

Subs: S.Carstens 6, M.Carstens N/A, Cross 6, Noonan 6

2’ – GOAL!!! – CHELSEA 1-0 CELTIC (BRONZE): Lucy Bronze places Chelsea forward with a sensational volley! The hosts take a brief nook to Catarina Macario, who performs a fast one-two with Sjoeke Nusken earlier than sending a cross into the field which Bronze volleys residence. Goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty received a robust hand to it, however couldn’t preserve it out! The right begin for Bompastor.

25’ – GOAL!!! – CHELSEA 2-0 CELTIC (KAPTEIN): {The teenager} doubles Chelsea’s lead! Once more from a brief nook, Reiten delivers a extremely pacey cross which 19-year-old Wieke Kaptein guides previous the goalkeeper with an excellent header.

54’ – LET OFF FOR CELTIC – The ball drops to Nusken within the six-yard field however she miskicks her effort and Celtic clear the hazard solely so far as Reiten, whose shot is on the right track however Clark heads it clear. Daugherty was overwhelmed.

57’ – BIG CHANCE FOR CHELSEA! Celtic fail to clear their strains and Ramirez battles to win the ball within the field, shifts to the correct and simply as you count on the web to bulge, her low strike takes a nick off a defender and goes behind for a nook. Celtic are hanging on in the meanwhile as the primary nook is cleared behind aim.

60’ – WHAT A BALL FROM BRONZE! And Kaptein ought to do higher! Bronze finds her fellow goalscorer with a implausible supply from the correct and Kaptein is free within the field however sends her header straight on the goalkeeper.

79’ – RAMIREZ’S SHOT FLASHES ACROSS GOAL – Chelsea get ahead down the left and Jean-Francois delivers an inviting ball in the direction of the entrance put up, the place Ramirez will get a contact however cannot information the ball into the web. Ramirez has harm herself within the course of.

90’+3 – CHELSEA PENALTY! Bronze makes a strong run down the right-hand facet of the penalty field and clips the ball into the field, which strikes Shannon Mcgregor’s arm.

90’+4 – GOAL!!! – CHELSEA 3-0 CELTIC (PERISSET): Substitute Eve Perisset makes no mistake from the spot and Chelsea have a 3rd!

• Sonia Bompastor has guided Chelsea to 11 wins from 11 video games this season.
• Chelsea have certified for the Champions League quarter-finals for the sixth time within the final seven seasons.