BARCELONA (The Thursday Times) — Frida Maanum ne Arsenal ko bartari dilayi aur Jumeraat ko Camp Nou mein team ke difa ne Barcelona ke khilaf match 1-1 se barabar kar liya. Yeh 2025 ke Women's Champions League final ka dobara muqabla tha, jis mein Arsenal ne apna pehla European title jeeta tha.
Caroline Graham Hansen ne aik ghanta mukammal hone se kuch pehle difai champion ke liye barabri ka goal kiya, lekin Renée Slegers ki coaching mein Arsenal league marhalay ke do round baqi rehte hue Spain se naqabil-e-shikast lauti.
Maanum ka pehla waar
Arsenal ne 22wein minute mein bartari hasil ki. Alessia Russo ne baayen janib se Caitlin Foord ko cross diya, jin ki shot Barcelona ki goalkeeper Cata Coll ne rok li, aur Maanum ne rebound par gaind jaal mein pohncha di.
Gaind aur mauqon par Barcelona ka ghalba raha. Arsenal ki goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez ne Graham Hansen aur Sydney Schertenleib ki koshishein nakaam banayin, aur half time se pehle Irene Paredes aur Patri Guijarro bhi goal ke qareeb pohnchin.
Barabri ka goal 59wein minute mein hua. Esmee Brugts ne Graham Hansen ko azad paya, aur Norway ki khiladi ne andar ki taraf cut kar ke gaind kone mein pohncha di. Yeh us raat Barcelona ki 23wein shot thi. Teen baar Ballon d'Or jeetne wali Aitana Bonmatí doosre half ke aaghaz mein maidan mein aayi thin.
Aakhri aadhe ghante mein Arsenal ko peechay reh kar difa karna para. Leah Williamson ne Schertenleib ki aik der se aane wali koshish roki, aur Emily Fox ke pass par aagay barhne wali Maanum ko Coll ne apni line se nikal kar rok liya. Russo ki aik der se aane wali shot bar ke oopar se nikal gayi.
Chaar matchon ke baad points table
Is nateeje ke baad Barcelona chaar matchon mein 10 points ke saath league marhalay mein doosre number par hai aur goal farq par OL Lyonnes se peechay hai. Arsenal ke aath points hain, jo Bayern Munich aur Chelsea ke barabar hain, aur woh goal farq par chauthay number par hai.
Arsenal ab tamam muqablon mein musalsal chhe matchon se naqabil-e-shikast hai. Team ko Stina Blackstenius ki khidmaat hasil nahin thin, jin ke goal ne 2025 ka final jitwaya tha, jabke Chloe Kelly, Mariona Caldentey aur Michelle Agyemang ab bhi injury se sehatyab ho rahi hain.
Mardon ke football mein bhi Jumeraat ko England mein halchal rahi, jahan Crystal Palace ne Pierre Sage ko bartaraf kar diya.
