Chelsea Women host Paris Saint-Germain Feminine in the last game of the UEFA Women's Champions League Group Stage at Stamford Bridge
The Blues take on Les Parisiennes at the Bridge. It's a home game but playing at the home of the Men's team. Should be a big crowd. Sitting the standing seats in the Upper Shed. Watching through the window as it's a UEFA game and standing is not allowed.
The blues start well but are patient and work to keep the ball. Our French favourite Diani is a handful but playing centrally where Millie and Kadiesha could manage her. She still managed a cheeky lob that needed to be tipped over the bar by Zecira. Chelsea kept working hard and Lauren could have had 3 before Sam Kerr got the first goal from an individual piece of work that saw it buried in the net from outside the box on 43 ⚽. 1-0 at the break.
The Visitors had made a couple of changes and were livelier at the restart. The Blues got back on top and some great teamwork in and around the box gave Lauren James brace on 55 and 62 ⚽⚽. Her second was set up by Fran who looked a mile off-side but the flag stayed down. Shame. The last 10 minutes was more end to end but Cheslea had multiple corners and some very near misses. Could have made it 4 or 5. Good to see Beth England come on for the last ten and she very nearly got on the score sheet.
Great result that the performance deserved against very tough opposition. A number of top internationals in the PSG side. Women's football is back in the middle of Jan. Saying goodbye to the silver football until the Quarter Final here in March.
POTM: Great team performance but goes to Lauren James just being in the right place for the chances and goals and some good turnovers.
Ref didn't really have much to do. Only blew her whistle once in each half.
Scranometer registered 8.5 for the Vegan Chilli pie. Strange ordering system where you order remotely before going to the counter. Had to test it twice. 🥮🥮
The Dockers ⚓️ on Boxing 🥊day up next.
Joyeux Noël
Love Tranmerekat 🐾
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| Arrived at the Bridge |
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| I'm Fran Fan |
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| But no advisable if you are this tall |
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| On the way home |
