Chavas hands Chelsea progress into Women’s Champions League knockouts
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Chelsea 2-1 Real MadridBlues win Group D after Mylène Chavas own goalIt wasn’t a pretty victory, but that matters little. A Guro Reiten penalty and fumbled own goal from Mylène Chavas, the visiting goalkeeper, earned Chelsea a 2-1 win over Real Madrid and confirmed progress to the quarter-finals at the top of Group D.Emma Hayes’s side were dominant but they struggled to make it count, forced to wait until the clock had ticked past the hour mark before taking the lead. Athenea del Castillo’s equaliser heightened tensions relieved just six minutes earlier, but Erin Cuthbert shot’s was almost thrown into the net by Chavas a minute later. Continue reading...