The semifinals of the Champions League manly came to fruition this week. Now it is their turn. This weekend the semifinals of the first leg of the Women’s Champions League where we will have the participation of some of the best players named by the FIFA and the The Best award.
The four teams will seek to prevail on the pitch in order to reach the final of the tournament that will be played at the PSV Stadium in Eindhoven. next June 3 of this year.
All matches can be seen live and for free through the service Dazin on YouTube:
Chelsea vs. Barcelona
The Londoners host the Barça team at home for this first leg. Chelsea reaches the semifinals after beating the current Champions League champions, Olympique de Lyon, on penalties with a 4-3.
“The Blues” features Australia’s star spiker Sam Kerr and the talents of Guro Reiten (Norway), Lauren James (England) and Melanie Leupols (Germany).
The blaugranas showed their authority and forcefulness in the quarterfinals by defeating Roma 6 goals to 1 on aggregate.
The Spanish team has Lucy Bronze (England), Mapi León (Spain) and Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway) on their lines. It is expected that for the return the two-time Ballon d’Or champion Alexia Putellas will return to the courts, who was out of the competition due to injury.
The game will be on Saturday, April 22 at 5:30 am in central Mexico from Stamford Bridge, where around 25,000 tickets have already been sold.
The return will be played at the Spotify Camp Nou on Thursday, April 27 at 10:45 am in central Mexico.
Wolfsburg vs. Arsenal
The German team was champion of the Champions League in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, and it is normal to see them in the final stages of the competition. The wolves come to this match after defeating PSG 2-1 and among their equipment they have the veteran and captain Alexandra Popp (Germany), Lena Oberdof (Germany) and Jill Roord (Netherlands).
The English squad came back from behind in the quarterfinals against Bayern Munich, leaving the overall score 2-1. Even with Beth Mead and Lea Williamson, both England players, out due to injury, their squad is large and of high quality.
The Volkswagen-Arena will host this first game, the appointment is on Sunday, April 23 at 7:30 am in central Mexico.
For the second leg, both teams will meet at the Emirates Stadium on Monday, May 1 at 10:45 am in central Mexico.
