Manchester City won 5-0 at Paris FC but Arsenal lost 1-0 at BK Hacken in the UEFA Women’s Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round 1st leg ties.
Champions Path
ZNK Osijek 1-4 FC Twente
Hammarby IF 1-2 SL Benfica
Roma 3-1 Servette
Anderlecht 1-2 Vålerenga
Roma’s Evelyne Viens bagged a late brace as they won their home leg with Servette 3-1, FC Twente scored three second-half goals for a 4-1 win at Osijek. Vålerenga were pegged back to 2-1 at Anderlecht but that is how the score remained, despite being reduced to ten by a first-half dismissal. Benfica came from behind to win by the same score at Hammarby.
Thursday 19 September – St Polten v ZNK Mura, Galatasaray v Slavia Praha
Sunday 22 September – Vorskla Poltava v Celtic
League Path
Paris FC 0-5 Manchester City
BK Hacken 1-0 Arsenal
Juventus 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Fiorentina 0-7 Wolfsburg
Manchester City struck twice in a three-minute spell late in the first half at Paris FC, Vivianne Miedema volleyed in a Jess Park effort, with Park herself adding the second. City were four up before the hour mark, Mary Fowler finding the net and park with her second. Chloe kelly came off the bench to add a late fifth.
Arsenal were left to rue missed chances after a narrow defeat in Hacken, where Tabitha Tindell collected a ball over the top to finish past Manuela Zinsberger in the last quarter of an hour. Alessia Russo failed to take a couple of good opportunities for the Gunners and Frida Maanum was denied in the latter stages by the crossbar and good save from Jennifer Falk.
Wolfsburg sank Fiorentina 7-0 as Alexandra Popp hit a hat-trick in an 18-minute spell straddling the interval and Svenja Huth contributed four assists. Juventus sent PSG to a 3-1 defeat, with former Everton player Hanna Bennison scoring their third goal.
Thursday 19 September – Sporting Lisbon v Real Madrid
Return legs are on 25/26 September.