Lyon’s Ada Hegerberg in action against SK Brann. (Pauline FIGUET / SPP)Barcelona and Lyon both made it three wins from three games in the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage.
Barcelona hit six goals away to Sweden’s Rosengard, Jessica Wik’s own-goal was followed by efforts from Salma Paralluelo and a Patricia Guijarro strike from outside the box. Aitana Bonmati made it 4-0 after the break, Mariona Caldentey added a penalty and Martina Fernandez rounded off the scoring late on.
Benfica beat Eintracht Frankfurt to take second position in the group from them, Marie-Yasmine Alidou making the breakthrough inside the last 20 minutes.
Benfica goalscorer Marie Alidou on the ball against Eintracht Frankfurt. (João Bravo / SPP)Lyon went three points clear of Brann at the top of Group B, beating them 3-1 for a third straight victory. Kadidiatou Diani scored either side of a goal by Ada Hegerberg, before Justine Kielland responded for the Norwegian side.
St.Pölten and Slavia Prague played out a goalless draw to both get off the mark, the visitors not managing to take all three despite 20 shots at goal.
GROUP A
Rosengård 0-6 Barcelona
Benfica 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
GROUP B
St.Pölten 0-0 Slavia Prague
Lyon 3-1 Brann
Fixtures for Thursday 14 December
GROUP C
FC Bayern Münich v Ajax (5.45pm)
Paris Saint-Germain v Roma (8pm)
GROUP D
Paris FC v Real Madrid (5,45pm)
Chelsea v BK Häcken (8pm) – also live on DAZN1 and TNT Sports 5
(UK times, all live on DAZN / DAZN Women’s Football YouTube)
