Chelsea have reached the Women’s Champions League semi-finals after a thrilling game against defending champions Olympique Lyonnais on Thursday, winning on a penalty shootout 4-3 after the tie ended 2-2 on aggregate.
The blues had the advantage after beating Lyon 1-0 in the first leg, but two goals from the French team and a last-gasp penalty for Chelsea sent the match to penalties.
Emma Hayes, coach of Chelsea, admitted the victory over the defending champions, Lyon had not been pretty and she confessed it had left her exhausted. Despite penalty shoot-outs often being described as a lottery, the Chelsea Women manager had inner confidence the outcome on Thursday night at Stamford Bridge would be in her team’s favour.
The English side will next face Barcelona who crushed AS Roma 5-1 on Wednesday to go through 6-1 on aggregate.
Arsenal reached the semi-finals for the first time in 10 years after beating Bayern Munich 2-0 on Wednesday and will meet German side VfL Wolfsburg, who progressed after overcoming Paris St Germain 2-1 on aggregate.
The final will be played on June 3 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
