A 10-minute storm brought by Catarina Macario was enough to see Chelsea through. They had trailed and they had been taken to the line but ultimately two goals from the American and the misfortune of Real Madrid’s captain, Olga Carmona, maintained their perfect record.
Introduced at half-time on a cold night in front of 2,057, Macario changed the game and smashed in a pair of penalties that saw the WSL leaders reach the quarter-finals as winners of Group B. “That was mentality very important for us,” Sonia Bompastor said.
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