While You Were Asleep: Chelsea inch previous PSG, Real Madrid win away at Vllaznia & Barca beat Villarreal 3-0

Chelsea emerged victorious on matchday one of many UEFA Women’s Champions League 2022/23 season as they gained 1-0 at Stade Jean-Bouin within the French capital. Millie Bright was the only purpose scorer for the English FA Women’s Super League champions.

The 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 🤩#UWCL // @ChelseaFCW pic.twitter.com/0qh3iOiBqK

— UEFA Women’s Champions League (@UWCL) October 20, 2022

Chelsea’s normal supervisor Paul Green mentioned after the win, “It shows how far the English league has come, that ourselves and Arsenal have come to the top two teams in France and got two victories.”

He additional added, “Yes, English teams have won in these last two evenings but there’s a long way to go in the groups and a long way to go in the competition but I do think it’s a really positive thing for the English league and does show how far it’s come when in years gone by it was probably unthinkable that English teams would come to France and win these types of games.”

Real Madrid win away at Vllaznia

Real Madrid beat Vllaznia Shkoder of their first assembly of the UWCL season to assemble all three factors and keep on prime of Group A standings. After a stalemate of a primary half, Esther Gonzalez opened the scoring for Madrid Women within the 54th minute.

⚪️ Madrid discover the breakthrough in Albania…@Estheeer9 ⚽️#UWCL // @realmadridfem pic.twitter.com/IhO5c1HEG0

— UEFA Women’s Champions League (@UWCL) October 20, 2022

It would take one other 14 minutes for the Spanish aspect to make it 2-0 by Olga Carmona, who doubled the lead with a profitable spot kick from 12 yards.

Madrid will subsequent face PSG within the UWCL on matchday two.

Barca beat Villarreal 3-0

Robert Lewandowski’s first half brace impressed Barcelona to a 3-0 win on the Camp Nou of their La Liga assembly towards Villarreal. The Polish striker struck twice inside 4 minutes.

❝3-0 towards Villarreal is nice as a result of they’re one of many higher groups within the league❞

— Frenkie de Jong on #BarçaVillarreal pic.twitter.com/ib4rWKF2Lh

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) October 20, 2022

Ansu Fati would triple the benefit three minutes later for the Blaugrana. The win marked Barcelona’s eighth this season.

The Xavi Hernandez led aspect are second within the desk after their defeat on the Santiago Bernanbeu to Real Madrid.