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This women's Champions League is taking a long time for Madrid.
Those from Toril, no longer able to qualify for the quarterfinals, lost to Chelsea (2-1) in their penultimate game of the group stage, their fourth defeat in five games, from which they have only taken one point.
In their first match after the defeat in the Super Cup classic, White succumbed to another European giant.
With the victory, the
blues
ensure classification as first in the group.
CHEchelsea Women
2
Hannah Hampton, Niamh Charles, Ashley Lawrence, Kadeisha Buchanan, Jess Carter, Erin Cuthbert, Fran Kirby, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, Guro Reiten, Melanie Leupolz and Mia Fishel
RMF Real Madrid Women
1
Mylène Chavas, Kathellen, Kenti Robles, Ivana Andrés, Sofie Svava, Hayley Raso, Linda Caicedo, Claudia Zornoza, Maite Oroz, Teresa Abelleira and Caroline Møller
Goals
1-0 min.
62: Guro Reiten.
1-1 min.
68: Athenea del Castillo.
2-1 min.
70: Mylène Chavas (pp).
Referee
Catarina Isabel Ferreira Campos
Madrid arrived at Stamford Bridge with the sole incentive of saving some of the club's European prestige and, in the process, pocketing the 50,000 euros that UEFA awards with each victory in the group stage.
But neither one thing nor the other, and the streak of bad results lengthens.
White has only won four of the last 12 games, with seven losses in between.
Trying to make people forget the bad feelings of the match against Barcelona, Toril made seven changes to the eleven compared to the Super Cup classic.
Some forced due to injury (Gálvez, Camacho, Bruun, Toletti, Weir and Carmona swell the white infirmary), others to give some of their figures a rest.
Misa and Athenea were substitutes after 12 consecutive starts.
The forward came out in the second half and scored the 1-1 score that gave their team hope.
But it was all a mirage.
Madrid stood up, as they did in the match in Valdebebas (2-2), but Chelsea's power was too much.
White held up well in the first half, barely being able to stretch, but controlling Kirby's dangerous passes into space.
Seeing that his rival was defending like a cat on her belly, Hayes brought on his great agitator, Lauren James, after the break, a forward as voracious as she was unpredictable.
The sister of fellow Chelsea player, Reece James, took her team's attack a step further and disfigured White's defensive line, which had remained so firm until then.
Chelsea had gone 15 games in a row without losing at their stadium, and on the hour mark, Reiten transformed his team's superiority from the penalty spot.
Raso committed a clear and innocent maximum penalty by knocking down Cuthbert from behind.
Athenea managed to tie a few minutes later by hunting down a loose rebound in the area, but luck, that sometimes decisive factor, confirmed that this will not be Real Madrid's year.
A new attack in the Cuthbert area ended with a slanted shot from the Chelsea captain that Chavas, who was playing her third game of the season, went into his own goal.
Real Madrid only has one bullet left to seek the first European victory of the season.
Next Tuesday, against the Swedish Hacken, Madrid will say goodbye to the Champions League in their stadium in search of a victory that will boost their morale for what is to come.
The fight to finish in the top four is open in League F, and in February the Whites face Atlético twice, in the league and in the Copa de la Reina.
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