Chelsea will start their home Champions League semi-final second leg in the lead after Erin Cuthbert’s goal gave them a 1-0 win in Barcelona
Resilient, street-smart and clinical when it mattered, Chelsea launched the most audacious smash and grab on the European champions to take a one-goal advantage back to Stamford Bridge as they bid to reach the Champions League final inIt was the captain, Erin Cuthbert, who fired them ahead at the end of the first half, a player who less than 24 hours before had said these games bring out the best in her.It was a defensively resolute and intelligent performance.
Hayes set Chelsea up unconventionally for a team so used to dominating, with Ashley Lawrence and Johanna Rytting Kaneryd the wing-backs either side of Jess Carter, Kadeisha Buchanan and Niamh Charles in a back five.This is a slightly different Barcelona though, one that conceded four goals against Benfica in a 4-4 draw in the group stage and also conceded twice against Brann over two legs in the quarter-finals.
A Charles throw-in was met by Irene Paredes but under pressure from Mayra Ramírez her pass was intercepted by Lawrence. The wing-back pulled it back to Cuthbert whose first-time pass found Nüsken in space. She controlled it, turned and returned to Cuthbert, who took two steps to move away from Ingrid Engen before lashing in with ferocity.
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