Key occasions
The Girls's Champions League has a brand new format this season, shifting to an 18-team league part, just like the mannequin adopted by the lads's model. After Twente, Chelsea are all the way down to face Paris FC, St. Pölten, Barcelona (yikes), Roma and Wolfsburg.
Jill Roord, as soon as of Manchester Metropolis, is within the Twente XI, having re-joined her first membership in the summertime. The transfer was about rediscovering some pleasure:
It had nothing to do with [Manchester] Metropolis. My time with Metropolis was actually good. I've been away for eight years enjoying overseas and it turns into powerful being alone for that a few years. Prior to now few years I misplaced my enjoyable and my happiness in soccer a bit bit due to being away, travelling loads and never with the ability to be with household and mates. With busy summers yearly I by no means actually bought a break. I wanted to maneuver again house, get pleasure from life and revel in soccer once more.
Right here's the complete interview with Tom Garry in June.
Chelsea look very completely different to the aspect that drew towards Manchester United on Friday: Ellie Carpenter, Millie Vibrant, Sandy Baltimore and Aggie Beever-Jones are the one starters from that fixture nonetheless within the XI. Catarina Macario is out with an achilles harm, although Bompastor has stated she'll be effective for the weekend fixture towards Tottenham.
The groups
Twente: Lemey, Vliek, Carleer, Knol, Tuin, Groenewegen, Roord, Van Ginkel, Elberink, Ravensbergen, Proost
Subs: Bussman, Van der Vegt, Hulst, Diekman, Andradottir, Te Brake, Verdaasdonk, Ivens
Chelsea: Peng, Carpenter, Vibrant, Buurman, Baltimore, Hamano, Jean-François, Nüsken, Thompson, Beever-Jones, Reiten
Subs: Björn, Hampton, Cuthbert, Kaptein, Kaneryd, Kerr, Potter, Sarwie, Walsh
Preamble
Is that this the season? WSL champions six years in a row, a home treble to have a good time, unbeaten within the league for yonks … however that Champions League stays lacking. Barcelona have had Chelsea's quantity in three consecutive semi-finals (in addition to the 2021 ultimate), however a recent begin will get that dream going once more.
Sonia Bompastor and her gamers' opening project on this rejigged comp is within the Netherlands, with Twente the hosts. They confronted one another final season, when Chelsea gained 3-1 at De Grolsch Veste, and a 6-1 win victory at house added to the one-sided nature. Twente have these reminiscences to cope with as Chelsea start plotting a path to Oslo, the scene of this yr's ultimate. We'll play at 5.45pm BST.
