Key occasions
The groups are within the tunnel, and the Barcelona anthems are ringing out.
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These groups: For Chelsea: Lauren James is again from harm, whereas Millie Vivid is within the matchday squad for the primary time since November after recovering from a knee harm. Guro Reiten can be on the bench. Melanie Leupolz, Erin Cuthbert, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and Mayra Ramirez all are available in, 5 adjustments because the midweek defeat of Aston Villa.
For Barca: Lucy Bronze is on the bench however Keira Walsh will play in midfield alongside Aitana Bonmati, the most effective participant within the sport.
Initially of March there was discuss of a historic quadruple, Hayes having been a part of the Arsenal setup that achieved the feat in 2007 as assistant supervisor to Vic Akers. Now, whisper it, a departure from membership soccer after a trophyless season, with Barcelona agency favourites to succeed in a fifth last in six years and Manchester Metropolis degree on factors with the reigning Girls’s Tremendous League champions, is much from unlikely.
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The groups
Barcelona: Coll, Batlle, Paredes, Engen, Rolfo, Bonmati, Walsh, Guijarro, Hansen, Paralluelo, Caldentey. Subs: Panos, Jana Fernandez, Pina, Torrejon, Putellas, Bronze, Vilamala, Brugts, Dragoni, Lopez, Arias, Martina Fernandez.
Chelsea: Hampton, Lawrence, Carter, Buchanan, Charles, Kaneryd, Cuthbert, Nusken, Leupolz, Ramirez, James. Subs: Musovic, Vivid, Ingle, Macario, Reiten, Kirby, Perisset, Beever-Jones, Cox.
Preamble
Emma Hayes’ victory lap is not going to finish in a quadruple however the double continues to be on. That’s if her Chelsea staff can beat the most effective membership facet in girls’s soccer. A look at Barcelona’s staff sheet is a who’s who of world stars – and World Cup winners. There are reminiscences, too, of the 2021 Girls’s Champions League last when Barcelona gained 4-0, and have been 3-0 up in 20 minutes. Beating Barca now would one of many nice coups of Hayes’ glittering profession. The Champions League is the one she and Chelsea are lacking. If not now, then when?
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