Catarina Macario scored two penalties within the house of 5 second-half minutes to steer Chelsea to a 2-1 comeback over Actual Madrid within the Ladies’s Champions League on Tuesday and make sure their standing as group winners.
Launched at half-time together with her facet trailing to Caroline Weir’s early opener for the hosts, 25-year-old Macario confirmed composure to transform twice from 12 yards and ship Chelsea six factors away from their opponents on the final matchday of Group B.
Weir’s dinked end within the seventh minute had Actual going by means of to the quarter-finals as group winners on general aim distinction.
If the match had completed 1-0 to Actual, each they and Chelsea would have gained their dwelling match towards the opposite by a one-goal margin — the Blues beat the Spaniards 3-2 in October — and with the mixture scored tied at 3-3, the pool would have been selected aim distinction throughout the group stage as a complete.
However in the long run, it didn’t come all the way down to such slender margins as Macario levelled six minutes after coming onto the pitch after which accomplished the comeback on 56 minutes.
Actual captain Olga Carmona — the participant who scored the winner within the 2023 World Cup closing for Spain towards England — was the participant who supplied the English champions their manner again into the tie.
She felled Macario to concede the primary spot-kick, earlier than later being penalised for a handball within the field.
The outcome means Chelsea have now gained their final 9 group video games within the Champions League, going again to final season.
Within the pool’s different match, Dutch facet Twente condemned Celtic to a sixth defeat in six outings as they gained 3-0 in Enschede.
Later, eight-time champions Lyon tackle two-time winners Wolfsburg with the French facet already assured of high spot in Group A.
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