UEFA Women's Champions League Review

Wheeling Away In Celebration: Martina Müller Gets Wolfsburg Closer To Retention

The FIFA u 17 World Cup is not the only women's competition advancing into the Semifinals. There's always the UEFA Champions League where Europe's elite are always squaring off. Four teams remain and the name to be on the trophy is getting more vivid.
The last game of the quarterfinals saw Arsenal ladies beaten by a comfortable Birmingham, 2-0 at the Hive Stadium in London. Remy Allen added another to her Birmingham tally as she already seems as a worthy buy then Kristy Linnett put the icing on the cake as the Blues ended the game 3-0 on aggregate to go on as England's only Rep remaining in the competition.
Birmingham's advancement means they face Tyresö FF who were held at Neulengbach to a nil-nil draw, an amazing improvement for Neulengbach, in response to their 8-1 defeat in Sweden where the damage was already done.
Elsewhere, FC Barcelona women succumbed to two additional goals by VFL Wolfsburg knocking them out of the competition convincingly with a 5-0 aggregate score line. Martina Müller scored her 7th goal of the competition and Nadine Kessler scored her second in the tie.
At least there would be one German side in the final as Turbine Potsdam added to their 8-0 first leg win over Torres CF. The Germans added 4 more goals and conceded one to win 12-1 on aggregate, a devastating loss for Torres. Potsdam will go on to face fellow Liga mates, VFL Wolfsburg women, in the Semifinals.
Birmingham City ladies join Fortuna, Duisburg, Lyon, Djurgarden, Frankfurt, and Wolfsburg as the only sides to have won at Arsenal, note that all made it to the finals at least, so you sense there's some good omen going along with them as Tyresö will be missing World great, Marta and Caroline Seger for the first leg of the semis.
Potsdam women last won the competition in 2010 but they couldn't retain it the next year when they lost to Lyon, the last time they returned to the final stage, while current champions VFL Wolfsburg defeated Lyon last year to win it for the very first time. These two sides know each other very well, it could be another Frauen Bundesliga game but it's more than that now, it's a tie that would decide who  stands a chance of winning the iconic trophy as the final in Lisbond beckons.

I feel like I mentioned Lyon a lot of times so I should probably add that this is the first final in the past four years that won't feature the French Champions.

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