27-04-2024 20:37 via theguardian.com

Heartbreak for 10-player Chelsea as Rolfö’s penalty sends Barça into final

Battling, brave and somewhat aggrieved, Chelsea’s Champions League dream died in front of a record crowd of 39,398. A first-half goal from the mercurial Aitana Bonmatí, the controversial sending off of Kadeisha Buchanan and a questionable second-half penalty scored by Fridolina Rolfö denied Emma Hayes’s side a place in the final in Bilbao next month, and a dream finish to her time with the Blues.There was one change apiece for the showdown at Stamford Bridge. Mayra R
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