They came in hope of witnessing the greatest comeback in Women’s Champions League history, to overturn Barcelona’s 4-1 first-leg lead. Instead, 26,702 people at Stamford Bridge saw another chastening defeat for Chelsea as the holders cruised through to their fifth consecutive final with an 8-2 aggregate victory that demonstrated the gulf in quality between the two teams.
The result emphatically ended Chelsea’s hopes of lifting a quadruple of major trophies, before a week when they could be crowned Women’s Super League champions, and kept this peerless Barcelona team on course to lift their third consecutive European title.
