13:18
Half time: Chelsea 2-1 Bayern (aggregate: 3-3)
Peep peep! That’s the end of a pulsating half. Fran Kirby’s classy goal put Chelsea ahead, Sarah Zadrazil equalised with a monstrous strike – but then, just before half-time, Ji’s hopeful shot brought the tie level.
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Ji’s free-kick hit the wall and rebounded back to her, 22 yards out. She instinctively helped it back towards goal, and although it wasn’t the cleanest strike, it bobbled almost apologetically into the far corner. Benkarth must have been unsighted because she barely moved.
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13:14
GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 Bayern (agg: 3-3; Ji 43)
Ji brings Chelsea level on aggregate!
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13:14
43 min She should be so lucky – turns out she was booked, I just missed it.
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13:13
42 min Ingle sweeps a terrific pass to Kerr, who curls an equally good one across to Kirby. She is taken out 20 yards from goal by Magull, who is lucky not to be booked.
13:11
40 min Ji’s long-range shot is headed behind by Hegering. It’s end-to-end stuff, as it has been for most of the first half.
13:10
38 min: Great chance for Bayern! Leupolz is robbed by Beerensteyn in the centre circle. She charges forward and plays in Schuller, who slices wide from 12 yards with her left foot. That was a great opportunity to put Bayern in total control of the tie.
13:09
37 min I don’t think it was a penalty. Ilestedt did put an arm across Ji as she tried to run onto Charles’ pass, but it looked like Ji slipped.
13:08
36 min Chelsea appeal unsuccessfully for a penalty when Ji goes over in the area. The referee wasn’t remotely interested, but I’d like to see that again. If nothing else, Ji’s body language suggested it was a foul. There’s no VAR in the semi-finals.
13:06
34 min A Bayern corner is floated to the unmarked Buhl on the edge of the area. She makes a mess of an attempted volley, but that was another worrying moment for Chelsea.
13:05
32 min The away goals rule means that, if Bayern get another, Chelsea are in serious trouble. They would have to score at least four.
13:04
31 min I’m still reeling from that goal, both the timing – with Chelsea on top – and the manner of it. It was outrageously good.
13:02
Bayern go back in front on aggregate with an unreal goal from Sarah Zadrazil! A short corner on the left was cleared as far as Zadrazil, 25 yards from goal. She took a touch and then lasered the ball off the underside of the bar and into the net. Berger had no chance.
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12:59
28 min Ji has been absolutely brilliant in the first half hour, with and without the ball.
12:58
27 min Kirby curls tamely wide from the edge of the area. Bayern would have been fuming had that gone in, as they were sure Harder controlled the ball with her arm in the build up. They had a pretty good case.
12:57
25 min Nothing much to report in the last few minutes, though Chelsea are still marginally on top. They’ve been terrific so far.
12:56
23 min “Hi Rob,” says Melissa Vásquez. “I’m really grateful for the live coverage of the match, many thanks. When I was growing up this didn’t exist but I look forward to maybe one day having a daughter and her growing up with this professional coverage of the women’s game as the norm.”
We’ve all come a long way.
12:53
21 min Carter’s corner leads to a hopeful shot from Eriksson that is booted away. Tihs is a really good spell for Chelsea.
12:52
20 min Leupolz cuts inside from the left and drives a terrific flat cross towards Kerr at the near post. She misses an attempted header – that looked a good chance, albeit a sharp one – and then the off balance Hegering heads not far wide of the far post.
12:51
Full time: Barcelona 2-1 PSG (agg: 3-2)
The winners of this game will play Barcelona in the final in Gothenburg!
12:50
19 min A snap volley from Leupolz, 20 yards out, swerves well wide. But both sides look really dangerous going forward.
12:48
16 min Harder has a long-range shot blocked at the other end. This is great stuff.
12:47
14 min: Great block from Carter! Schuller receives a throw-in with her back to goal, turns Eriksson superbly near the byline and drags the ball back towards Beerensteyn, eight yards out. She smashes a first-time shot that is crucially blocked by Carter and deflects behind for a corner. I don’t think Berger would have saved that.
12:45
13 min Kirby almost gets a second with a mishit cross/outrageous chip (delete as appropriate) from a tight angle that drifts past the far post. Moments later, Ingle spanks over from the edge of the area. This is really good stuff from Chelsea.
12:43
That was a lovely goal, all the work of Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr. Kirby surged through midfield and played an angled pass to Kerr in the inside-left channel. She waited, waited some more and then cut inside Ilestedt before sliding a return pass to Kirby in the area. She took it beautifully in her stride and clipped it coolly over Benkarth with her left foot.
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12:42
GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Bayern (agg: 2-2, Kirby 10)
Fran Kirby puts Chelsea ahead in the tie!
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12:40
10 min Ji has started very well for Chelsea. Meanwhile, it looks like Carter and Charles have switched to their expected positions, Carter on the right and Charles the left.
12:40
9 min Harder cuts inside from the left and drives over from 25 yards.
12:39
8 min Buhl moves infield from the right and finds Simon. Her ball forward is overhit and runs through to Berger.
12:37
5 min Kirby plays a nice one-two with Kerr but then overhits her through pass to Harder. This is being played at a cracking pace.
12:35
3 min It’s been a really fast start to the game. At the other end, Buhl twists inside Charles – who is playing at right back today – and has a shot blocked by Ingle.
12:33
2 min Ji’s cross from the right is taken off Harder’s head at the far post by Ilestedt. That was a vital bit of defending.
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12:31
1 min Peeeeeeeeeep peeeeeeeep! Chelsea, in blue, kick off from left to right. Bayern are wearing red.
12:22
Barcelona 2-1 PSG (agg: 3-2) No goals so far in the second half in Barcelona. PSG have 23 minutes plus added time to get the second away goal they need.
12:19
The pre-match thoughts of Emma Hayes
“Everyone comes to work for days like this. When you think of the sacrifices everyone has to make, it’s for days like today. It’s been a long week waiting for it though! We’re fresh, that’s the important thing. We had a couple of days off and the players are ready to go. It’s massive to have Magda back – beyond her abilities, it’s her leadership. Every team misses their captain.
“It’s 2-1 and we need to score a goal. Let’s not complicate it! I just want the team to perform, to give it everything. Someone said to me that this is like a red-carpet moment. It’s not very often you get the chance to be in these positions, so you have to take them. At the end of the game I’ll either be gutted or delirious.”
11:47
Half time: Barcelona 2-1 PSG (agg: 3-2)
It’s all up for grabs in the second half.
11:36
GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 PSG (agg: 3-2; Katoto 34)
Or maybe not! Marie-Antoinette Katoto has got one back almost immediately for PSG, and if they get another they’ll be ahead in the tie on away goals!
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11:32
GOAL! Barcelona 2-0 PSG (agg: 3-1, Martens 31)
It looks like the winners will be playing Barcelona in the final on 16 May. Lieke Martens has scored her second to put them 3-1 ahead on aggregate.
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11:22
A bit of pre-match reading
11:21
Two changes for Chelsea from the first leg: the captain Magda Eriksson and Niamh Charles replace Jonna Andersson and Guro Reiten. Eriksson’s return is a big boost for Chelsea, and should mean Sophie Ingle moves into midfield.
Bayern make one change. The prolific Lea Schuller replaces Simone Laudehr, which should mean a switch to 4-3-3.
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Team news
Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Berger; Charles, Bright, Eriksson, Carter; Ji, Ingle; Kirby, Harder, Leupolz; Kerr.
Substitutes: Musovic, Telford, Blundell, England, Reiten, Fleming, Cuthbert, Spence, J Andersson, Fox.
Bayern Munich (4-3-3) Benkarth; Glas, Ilestedt, Hegerin, Simon; Lohmann, Zadrazil, Magull; Buhl, Schuller, Beerensteyn.
Substitutes: Grohs, Lehmann, Boye Sorensen, Corley, Dallmann, Asseyi, Wenninger, Laudehr, Vilhjalmsdottir.
Referee Esther Staubli (Switzerland).
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11:09
The other semi-final, between Barcelona and PSG, kicked off at 11am English time and should finish just after this game begins. It’s 1-1 from the first leg, and you can follow it here. As I type, Lieke Martens has put Barcelona 1-0 up with a cracking goal.
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09:27
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Champions League semi-final second leg between Chelsea and Bayern Munich at Kingsmeadow. It’s a measure of Chelsea’s ambition that they could do the domestic treble this season, for the first time in their history, and still spend the summer wondering what might have been. That’s because the one they really want, the one money can’t necessarily buy, is the Champions League.
Chelsea have never reached a final, but this is their third semi in the last four years. And it’s their best opportunity yet to win the thing, mainly because Lyon and Wolfsburg – champions of Europe in nine of the last ten seasons, and the only teams to beat Chelsea in this competition – are out.
Emma Hayes’ team took care of Wolfsburg in the quarters, where Paris Saint-Germain beat Lyon on away goals. There will be a new winner of the trophy this season – PSG, Barcelona, Chelsea or Bayern, who lead 2-1 from the first leg in Munich. It won’t be easy for Chelsea, but nor should it be: this is the Champions League, the trophy that can turn a good season into a legendary one.
Kick off 12.30pm.
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