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Barcelona v Chelsea as it happened: Champions League semi-final sees Chelsea score and shut out Barcelona to take crucial first leg lead

Women's Champions League / Semi-final
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys / 20.04.2024
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Nick Christian

Updated 20/04/2024 at 14:30 GMT+1


End of 2nd Half
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FULL TIME: BARCELONA 0 - 1 CHELSEA
Incredible result for Chelsea, the product of an impeccable, disciplined defensive performance. What a game the small contingent of travelling fans have witnessed. Barcelona now have to go to London next weekend and get something.
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GREAT LAST CHANCE FOR BARCELONA
The free kick finds Lucy Bronze who plays it back into middle to Alexia Putellas. Putellas just needs to find the target but she can't! That's surely it.
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PARALLUELO THROUGH ON GOAL
Hampton runs out, makes herself big to prevent the shot and Buchanan deals with it.
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REITEN RUNS DOWN THE LEFT
She's be forgiven for just holding it up in the corner but she brings the ball in and finds Macario who comes close to digging out a shot.
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FOUR GOALS A GAME BARCELONA HAVE AVERAGED THIS SEASON
In the Champions League alone, and no shots at all on target in this game. Mind blowing stat.
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GRAHAM HANSEN GETS THE BALL IN THE BOX
Dinks it over and across to... nobody.
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CHELSEA LOOKING TO EAT INTO THE REMAINING MINUTES
Every throw-in is a minor victory to that end.
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RAMIREZ BROUGHT OFF FOR CHELSEA
Guro Reiten coming on for the remaining minutes.
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NINE MINUTES OF STOPPAGE TIME TO PLAY
That long broke period early in the half will be made up at the end.
89'
RAMIREZ BROUGHT DOWN AT THE HALFWAY LINE
Putellas got the ball but took out the player.
88'
ROLFO FIRES IT ACROSS GOAL
Lucy Charles has the great sense to leave it. Risky but there was no-one behind her and an own goal was very possible.
87'
RAMIREZ RUNS IT
She goes alone down the right and finds sufficient space to play a pass between defenders into the box, but there's noone there to meet it.
86'
CHELSEA GIVE THE BALL AWAY
And a chance for Barcelona is created. It falls to Paralluelo at the back stick who can't catch it right. Would have been a heck of a finish.
83'
ANOTHER YELLOW FOR BARCELONA
Irene Paredes this time who is penalised for a hard tackle on Nusken, who is down and needing treatment.
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81'
BARCELONA THINK THEY'VE WON A FREE KICK ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX
Walsh runs towards goal and goes down, but the decision goes against them, and instead the decision is a handball awarded in Chelsea's favour.
80'
JUST TEN MINUTES FOR CHELSEA TO SURVIVE
I thought they were going to tire but they've managed to keep up the work rate. So impressive.
79'
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YELLOW CARD FOR PATRI
For pulling back Ramirez on the right and halfway towards goal.
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BONMATI DISPOSSESSED BY NUSKEN
Barcelona completely unable to get on the ball.
77'
CHELSEA LOOKING MORE LIKELY TO GET THE SECOND
Than Barcelona their own first. They've really been pegged back in this half. Chelsea have been inspired since that penalty that wasn't.
75'
CHELSEA CLOSE TO A SECOND
Ramirez breaks through, goes up against the Barca defender, holds her off and manages to get a good shot in from just inside the box. It's a bit high and a bit wide to the right.