Manchester City and Rangers both made the UEFA Women’s Champions League Round 1 group finals, likewise Shelbourne while Glentoran missed out on penalties.
Champions path
Group 1: Shelbourne edged Pomurje Beltinci with Heather O’Reilly getting the only goal after just four minutes. They will meet Valur in the group final, who beat Hayasa 2-0.
Group 2: Rangers defeated Ferenecvaros 3-1 aided by
Group 3: Vorskla Kharkiv 5-0 Lanchkuhti, BIIK-Shymkent 5-1 Split
Group 4: FC Zurich 6-0 KI Klasnik, SFK Riga 0-3 Appolon
Group 5: Anderlecht 3-2 UKS SMS Łódź , Gintra 0-2 Kups Kuopio
Group 6: Juventus 4-0 Racing FC Union Luxembourg, Flora Tallinn 0-5 Qiryat Gat
Group 7: Glentoran played out a goalless draw with Romania’s Olimpia Cluj before being pipped 4-2 on penalties. The Irish side now play Birkirkara, beaten 4-0 by SFK 2000 Sarajevo.
Group 8: FC Twente 13-0 Agarista CSF Anenii Noi, Benfica 9-0 Hajvalia
Group 9: Dinamo-BSUPC 5-0 Lokomotiv Stara Zagora, St.Pölten 7-0 Ljuboten
Group 10: Breznica Pljevlja 2-3 Spartak Myjava. Finalists – Vllaznia
Group 11: SK Brann 1-0 ALG Spor. Finalists – Spartak Subotica
League path
Group 1: Glasgow City twice went behind to efforts from AS Roma’s Benedetta Glionna, an own-goal by Paloma Lázaro later putting the visitors 3-1 up. City will now face Servette for third place, who went down 3-0 to Paris FC.
Group 2: FC Minsk 2-1 Slovácko, Breidablik 2-4 Rosenborg
Group 3: Ajax 3-1 Kristianstad, Fortuna Hjørring 0-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Group 4: Manchester City hit Tomiris-Turan for six, Khadija Shaw bagging a brace in the first quarter of the game, Lauren Hemp getting the third o half-time, before three late goals from Vicky Losada, Deyna Castellanos (penalty) and an own-goal. City’s opponents in their group final are Real Madrid, who also won 6-0 over Sturm Graz.
The group finals and third-place play-offs take place on Sunday 21 August, with the winners of each final progressing to Round 2, to compete for the last 12 slots in the group stage alongside Lyon, Barcelona, Chelsea and Wolfsburg.
