4-0: Wolfsburg women continue in the Champions League
Created: 12/16/2021, 11:06 PM
A soccer ball is on the net before the game.
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The footballers of VfL Wolfsburg clearly won their decisive group game against Chelsea and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League on the last preliminary round matchday.
The leaders of the Bundesliga defeated last year's finalists from London 4-0 (2-0) on Wednesday evening and jumped from third to first place in Group A.
Wolfsburg - Svenja Huth scored twice in the 16th and 23rd minute and Tabea Waßmuth in the 59th and 78th minute in front of 1,107 spectators in the Wolfsburg AOK stadium.
The Wolfsburg women showed an impressive performance right from the start.
Since Italy's champions Juventus Turin defeated the underdog Servette FC from Switzerland at the same time, it was clear that VfL needed a win with a two-goal margin.
In the end, a rating of all direct duels between Wolfsburg, Chelsea and Juventus decided on progress.
The English women, who went as front runners this last match day, were surprisingly eliminated.
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With this success, the German cup winners settled two bills with the team of the German national player Melanie Leupolz and the former VfL star Pernille Harder.
Last season Wolfsburg were eliminated in the Champions League quarter-finals with 1: 2 and 0: 3 against Chelsea.
In the first leg of this season, VfL conceded the 3-3 equalizer in stoppage time.
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