Bayern host WSL champions Manchester City in Women’s Champions League opener | OneFootball

FC Bayern Frauen begin their UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign at home to WSL champions Manchester City on Tuesday.

According to BuLi News, José Barcala’s side are the sole Frauen-Bundesliga representatives in the league phase after Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt fell in the third qualifying round.

Bayern have opened the season flawlessly, beating Wolfsburg 3-0 in the Supercup then winning five from five in the league, scoring 18 with one clean sheet against newly promoted Mainz. Edna Imade and Jovana Damnjanović shone in Saturday’s 5-2 victory over Köln.

Manchester City have also started with three WSL wins. Two goals after the 90th minute sealed a 4-2 success over revamped Liverpool on Saturday. Swedish coach Andrée Jeglertz delivered the club’s first league title in a decade last season.

Top-scorer Khadija Shaw’s contract extension lifted hopes of a repeat after she had been expected to join Chelsea until a late turnaround. Shaw has begun with four goals, while Beth Mead, Niamh Charles and former Leverkusen defender Carlotta Wamser have arrived. Like Bayern, City’s best European finish is the semi-finals.

Barcala rotated in the Köln win, leaving Klara Bühl and Giulia Gwinn unused, introducing Pernille Harder and Franziska Kett, and withdrawing Momoko Tanikawa at half-time. Stine Ballisager, Lena Oberdorf, Magdalena Eriksson and Bernadette Amani missed the weekend with injuries. For the visitors, Rebecca Knaak ankle, Sydney Lohmann muscle, Vivianne Midema knee, Risa Shimizu quad and Charles ankle are yet to feature.

Source: BuLi News

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