Barcelona reaches women’s Champion League final with Chelsea draw

BARCELONA: Asecond-half goal by Barcelona winger Caroline Graham Hansen earned a 1-1 home draw with Chelsea on Thursday in their women’s Champions League semifinal, second leg for a 2-1 aggregate win and a third straight appearance in the showpiece match.

Barca had edged Chelsea 1-0 in the first leg after Graham Hansen’s early strike and in the final on June 3 will face either Arsenal or VfL Wolfsburg, who drew 2-2 in the first leg in Germany and play the second leg in London on Monday.

Despite some first-half chances it took Barca 63 minutes to increase its advantage from the first leg although Chelsea were quick to respond through Guro Reiten, alerting the 2020-21 winners that they would not be giving up without a fight. Agencies

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