VfL Wolfsburg beat Arsenal 3-2 in extra-time with a 119th-minute winner from Pauline Bremer within the second leg of their ladies’s Champions League semi-final at Emirates Stadium on Monday to win 5-4 on mixture and arrange a summit conflict with Barcelona.
Two-time champion Wolfsburg will meet the 2021 winner within the remaining in Eindhoven on June 3 after the Spanish champions eradicated Chelsea to succeed in the showpiece match for a 3rd straight yr.
With nothing to separate the 2 sides deep into additional time, the German workforce silenced the house crowd within the 119th minute when its high-pressing yielded an error for the purpose.
Jule Brand pinched the ball from a drained Arsenal defence and laid it on a plate for Bremer to faucet in from shut vary as Wolfsburg booked a spot in its sixth European remaining after shedding the final three in 2016, 2018 and 2020.
“I feel empty at the moment. It was a very tough game and it’s tough to concede a goal like that, but I’m so proud of how the team has done in the Champions League,” Arsenal’s Stina Blackstenius instructed DAZN.
“We’ve come back in so many games and gone so close to the final. I’m so proud but it’s so tough to take.”
An Arsenal facet depleted by accidents fought again from 2-0 right down to degree the tie within the first leg in Wolfsburg however, roared on by a crowd of 60,063, it was the house facet that took the lead within the eleventh minute by Blackstenius.
Arsenal received the ball in its personal half to launch a swift counter-attack and Blackstenius was put by by Lia Walti, with the Swedish ahead jostling for the ball and capitalising on a defensive mix-up to place the ball into the online.
But Wolfsburg levelled from a free kick when skipper Alexandra Popp, coming back from damage, headed the ball into the trail of Jill Roord and goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger noticed the shot from the previous Arsenal midfielder too late to make a save.
VAR RESCUES WOLFSBURG
Blackstenius scored once more barely two minutes into the second half however VAR got here to Wolfsburg’s rescue to rule the purpose out for offside and 10 minutes later the German facet scored from a nook when Popp popped up on the close to submit with a header.
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Arsenal levelled the tie once more when Lotte Wubben-Moy retrieved a Wolfsburg clearance and crossed into the field for fellow defender Jen Beattie to direct a header previous the keeper to power additional time the place Wolfsburg’s stamina shone by.
“I’m overwhelmed, it was a tough game with extra time. I thought it was going to go to penalties but we won,” Roord mentioned.
“Credit to Arsenal, they’ve been through a lot as a team but they made it super hard. At the end they could have won, we could have won. We were the lucky ones… I’m looking forward to playing in the final in my own country.”
Barcelona, who received the league this season with an ideal document, additionally reached the European remaining final yr the place they misplaced to Olympique Lyonnais.
