Martens double sends Barcelona to Women's Champions League final
Martens double sends Barcelona to Women's Champions League final
PARIS (AFP) - Lieke Martens scored twice as Barcelona advanced to the final of the Women s Champions League with a 2-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday in the second leg of their semi-final.
Barcelona, the 2019 runners-up, will play Chelsea or Bayern Munich for the title in Gothenburg on May 16 after going through 3-2 on aggregate. It is the first final without a French team since 2014.
After a 1-1 draw in France last weekend, Dutch winger Martens put Barcelona in front on eight minutes at the Johan Cruyff Stadium with a superb curling strike.
She then ghosted in at the far post to double Barcelona s advantage on the half-hour, tapping in a cross from Caroline Graham Hansen.
PSG, who ended Lyon s five-year reign in the quarter-finals, soon pulled a goal back when Marie-Antoinette Katoto prodded in after a goalmouth scramble from a corner.
Jenni Hermoso, the competition s top scorer this season, and Marta Torrejon both hit the woodwork for Barcelona in the second half as the Spaniards held on to reach the final for the second time.
