Chelsea’s Sam Kerr and Lyon’s Ellie Carpenter are poised to go head-to-head within the Girls’s Champions League after their powerhouse golf equipment had been drawn in opposition to one another within the quarter-finals.
Champions Lyon, who final weekend welcomed Carpenter again into their aspect after her eight-month absence following a severe knee damage suffered in final yr’s ultimate, characterize a large hurdle for fellow Australian worldwide Kerr, who’s after the one main trophy lacking from her glittering Chelsea cv
The pair’s Matildas’ colleagues Caitlin Foord and Steph Catley can even characteristic within the last-eight for Arsenal, who had been pitted in opposition to German giants Bayern Munich when the draw was made in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday.
Each English golf equipment, Chelsea and Arsenal, have the benefit of enjoying the second legs of their ties at residence after profitable their teams.
However with the semi-final draw additionally having taken place on Friday, each Chelsea and Lyon have been plunged into the hardest part of the draw, with the winners most likely set to face 2021 champions Barcelona, ​​who will play Roma within the last-eight.
So, if in-form Kerr and her dominant Chelsea outfit get by means of, they might face a repeat of the 2021 ultimate after they had been hammered 4-Zero by the Spanish champions in Gothenburg.
Barcelona misplaced final yr’s ultimate 3-1 to Lyon, who lifted a report eighth Champions League crown regardless of it proving a bittersweet night time for fullback Carpenter, who needed to come off within the first quarter-of-an-hour together with her ruptured ACL.
Ought to Arsenal win their quarter-final, they’ll play both French aspect PSG or Germany’s Wolfsburg as they search to earn a spot within the ultimate in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on June 3.
Girls’s Champions League quarter-finals
First Leg
March 21-22
Bayern Munich (Germany) v Arsenal (England)
Lyon (France) v Chelsea (England)
Roma (Italy) v Barcelona (Spain)
Paris St Germain (France) v Wolfsburg (Germany)
Second Leg
March 29-30
Arsenal v Bayern, Chelsea v Lyon, Barcelona v Roma, Wolfsburg v PSG
Semi-finals
First Leg
April 22-23
PSG or Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich or Arsenal
Lyon or Chelsea v Roma or Barcelona
Second Leg
April 29-30
Bayern Munich or Arsenal v PSG or Wolfsburg, Roma or Barcelona v Lyon or Chelsea
