PSG win through to Women's Champions League semis
Barcelona eased to a 3-1 win over Brann on Thursday to set up a repeat of last season's Women's Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, progressing 5-2 on aggregate, while Paris Saint-Germain also clinched a place in the last four of Europe's elite club competition.
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In Paris, the home side built on a 2-1 quarter-final first-leg win away to Hacken by beating the Swedish side 3-0 at the Parc des Princes to progress 5-1 on aggregate and set up a semi-final against domestic rivals Lyon.
Impressive Malawi striker Tabitha Chawinga, the top scorer in the French league this season, gave PSG the lead on the night just before the half-hour mark, firing a shot in off the far post on her left foot after collecting a pass from Marie-Antoinette Katoto.
They doubled their lead on 70 minutes as a long-range strike by Korbin Albert sailed into the top corner. Albert, a 20-year-old midfielder, is a rising star in the US but is at the centre of a brewing storm over controversial social media posts which have drawn a strong response from American great Megan Rapinoe.
PSG's third goal arrived soon after that as Katoto headed in from a Sakina Karchaoui cross for her fifth goal in this season's Champions League. The result means there is guaranteed to be a French side in the final in Bilbao in May, with PSG and Lyon meeting in the semi-finals next month.
They also clashed in the last four two years ago, when Lyon went on to win the trophy for a record-extending eighth time. Lyon, who beat Benfica in the quarter-finals, are currently seven points ahead of PSG at the top of the French league.
Impressive Malawi striker Tabitha Chawinga, the top scorer in the French league this season, gave PSG the lead on the night just before the half-hour mark, firing a shot in off the far post on her left foot after collecting a pass from Marie-Antoinette Katoto.
They doubled their lead on 70 minutes as a long-range strike by Korbin Albert sailed into the top corner. Albert, a 20-year-old midfielder, is a rising star in the US but is at the centre of a brewing storm over controversial social media posts which have drawn a strong response from American great Megan Rapinoe.
PSG's third goal arrived soon after that as Katoto headed in from a Sakina Karchaoui cross for her fifth goal in this season's Champions League. The result means there is guaranteed to be a French side in the final in Bilbao in May, with PSG and Lyon meeting in the semi-finals next month.
They also clashed in the last four two years ago, when Lyon went on to win the trophy for a record-extending eighth time. Lyon, who beat Benfica in the quarter-finals, are currently seven points ahead of PSG at the top of the French league.
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