{"id":18639,"date":"2024-02-06T08:24:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/chelsea-to-face-ajax-in-womens-champions-league-quarter-finals-football-news\/06\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T08:24:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:24:57","slug":"chelsea-to-face-ajax-in-womens-champions-league-quarter-finals-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/chelsea-to-face-ajax-in-womens-champions-league-quarter-finals-football-news\/06\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea to face Ajax in Women&#8217;s Champions League quarter-finals | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Chelsea will face Ajax in the Women&#8217;s Champions League quarter-finals, and could potentially set up another semi-final tie against Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues were unbeaten in their group stage campaign, winning four and drawing two games in Group D as they finished top of their table ahead of BK Hacken.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they face Ajax. The Dutch side had reached the Champions League group stage for the first time in its current iteration in the women&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>The first legs will be played on either March 19 or 20 with the second legs the following week on March 27 or 28.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will face the victors of the quarter-final between SK Brann and Barcelona. Should the Women&#8217;s Super League and LigaF sides be successful, it will be the second year in a row that Chelsea and Barcelona will meet in the final four.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Barcelona were 2-1 winners on aggregate. They won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the first leg before a 1-1 draw in the return fixture saw them through.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona also beat Chelsea 4-0 in the 2021 Champions League final &#8211; the first time the Blues had reached the showpiece match.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-tweet\" data-component-name=\"sdc-article-tweet\" data-consent=\"pending\" data-vendor-name=\"twitter\">\n<section aria-label=\"Consent required\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-component-name=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" style=\"--width: 7; --height:4;\">\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body\">\n        <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__title\">Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\"><br \/>\n                This content is provided by <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">Twitter<\/span>, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">Twitter<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"true\"><br \/>\n                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">Twitter<\/span> cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">Twitter<\/span> cookies for this session only.<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link-group\">\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first legs of the Champions League semi-finals will be played on April 20 and 21, and the second legs a week later on April 27 and 28 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The European trophy remains the one title that eludes Emma Hayes at Chelsea, who is departing the club at the end of the season after 12 successful years as manager.<\/p>\n<p>When she first announced her departure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13008441\/emma-hayes-winning-womens-champions-league-would-be-the-fairytale-end-to-my-time-at-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hayes said of the Champions League<\/a>: &#8220;It would be a fairy tale to win it, of course. But I didn&#8217;t grow up liking fairy tales &#8211; my sister did.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would love nothing more than to be in a winning position with this team.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"369beba7-0eae-4861-a4de-45d477ea4ad9\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.condatis.sky\/auth\/video\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Our pick of the weekend's best goals from match week 13 in the WSL, including stunners from Hawa Cissoko, Jordan Nobbs, Celin 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