Barcelona hold a commanding position in their Women’s Champions League semi-final against Chelsea ahead of next Sunday’s second leg at Stamford Bridge after demonstrating their quality in an emphatic 4-1 first-leg victory.
Chelsea are bidding to reach the European final for only the second time and could still win a quadruple of major trophies this term in Sonia Bompastor’s first season in charge, but they will now require an unlikely-looking comeback and the performance of their lives if they are to have any chance of overturning this deficit in London.