Picture : Momoko Tanikawa and Bayern sovereign in Lisbon !
UEFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (Round 2)
- Pernille Harder, FC Bayern München’s goal scorer, joined the historic 50+ Club of the UEFA Champions League. She scored her 50th goal in the competition history , reached the milestone and joined the other 3 players in the 50+ Club : Ada Hegerberg (69 goals), Anja Mittag (51) and Eugénie Le Sommer (50).
- Ewa Pajor scored her 47th goal in the competition and will certainly be the next to reach the milestone of 50+ ! Poland’s striker of FC Barcelona was efficient in Roma with her club, already leader in the ranking after two games with already 11 goals scored.
- Norway’s Caroline Graham was again the player of the game with Barcelona in Roma. She scored 6 goals and made 6 assists in her 7 games of the new season !
- Arsenal was in difficulties in Paris FC ! The french club realized a performance with a deserved draw, especially with the extraordinary game of captain Clara Mateo.
- The big game of the day was in Lyon where OL Lyonnes and Chelsea don’t scored, it was very close during the match. In Chelsea, the coach Sonia Bompastor (who made a great career in Lyon as player, director and coach) came back to her former club, Carpenter, Buchanan, Bronze and Malard were also in OL team in the last years before moving to Chelsea.
- Selma Bacha was captain of OL Lyonnes ! The fantastic left defender is only 25 years old and has already played 220 games with Lyon, winning 4 Champions League, 8 French leagues, 4 French Cups !
- Klara Buhl and Franziska Kett composed a wonderful left side at Bayern München ! In Lisbon, they contributed highly to offer the 3 points for Bayern with Momoko Tanikawa, also in best form.
- Paris SG , after an encouraging draw in Madrid, let no chance to Belgium’s Leuven with 5 goals, captain Sakina Karchaoui was again exemplary, scoring already 10 goals in 2026 as a former defender !
- Linda Caicedo and Khadija Shaw allowed Real Madrid and Manchester City to win one draw point in this second round. The colombian and the jamaican scored already their 13th and 23th goal of the year !
- Before round 3 on 28 october, Barcelona is unique leader with 6 points before OL Lyonnes, Paris SG, Bayern München, Arsenal, Chelsea and the surprise Inter Milan !