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Righto, Suzy Wrack\u2019s match report is here:<\/p>\n
That being the case, that\u2019s it from me. Thanks for your company and until tomorrow, peace out.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n How many more teams can he hamper?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m on Nations League duty tomorrow night and I can\u2019t wait for this one, one of the best games in international football even without the special context of the new managers.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea will definitely improve when their injured players are back, and should have Lauren James involved when Arsenal visit this weekend. If they were to lose that and City were to win at Charlton, they\u2019d be five points off the pace with only four games played.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s long been odd that it\u2019s allowed at rugby but not football. In the posh seats, they let you take an opaque cup, which I guess is typical of how football works.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n Wieke Kaptein says it was a tough game and FAK put pressure on them, but they made it hard for themselves by not scoring when they ought to have done. The last 10 minutes \u201cwere like a fighting 10 minutes\u201d and they stuck together which is good, but they should keep the ball better.<\/p>\n On her goal, she says she\u2019s been told to shoot more often, so she did.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In other news:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Elsewhere: Barcelona 5-2 Paris FC.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>FULL TIME: Chelsea 1-0 Austria Vienna<\/p>\n Kaptein\u2019s brilliant goal is the difference, but FAK played really well and will feel they ought to have earned at least a point. Sonia Bompastor have a lot of work to do, because Chelsea aren\u2019t right.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+4 min Susic\u2019s delivery is poor but McCabe kicks behind again, then the second effort is even worse, going straight out of play, and that might be it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+3 min FAK will take plenty form this game, even if they lose: they now know they can compete, and when Schiechtl flings in a throw, the ball comes offf Buchanan and goes behind. Corner,with seconds left\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.51 EDT<\/p>\n 90+2 min Two more changes for FAK: Weiss and Pfattner off with Pucci and Orkic coming on. We\u2019ve sill not been advised how many minutes are to be added.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.50 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min Chelsea are getting away with one here; they were dominant until Walsh went off, but thereafter, they\u2019ve been far too easy to penetrate and far too profligate when attacking.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min Schiechtel bundles forward and, when the ball is cleared as far as Pfattner, she shoots from the edge \u2026 straight at Peng, and Chelsea survive again. After which Sisic is booked for coming back on without permission.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.48 EDT<\/p>\n 88 min Buchanan and Sisic clash heads so both come to the side, but both should be fine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min This time, the ball in is chest-height, but again, Pal makes it hers, then FAK counter and Weiss moves down the right then crosses, Potzl arriving on to it only to shoulder her attempted header straight at Peng.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min We\u2019ve not seen nearly enough of Thompson in the second half. She needs space in front of her, not to play on the half-turn or up against a defender; against two centre-backs, she might be able to attack space in behind, but FAK\u2019s three have coped with her pretty comfortably. Still, Chelsea win yet another right-wing corner, McCabe to take..<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min \u2026but Pal again comes to meet the ball in, catching cleanly under pressure.<\/p>\n Jasmin Pal jumps highest to make a save from a Chelsea corner. Photograph: Ben Stansall\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.48 EDT<\/p>\n 82 min Carpenter, though, has been a threat in the second half, and she wins a corner down the right\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80 min Chelsea must get James, Cuthbert ands Beevor-Jones back as soon as possible. They\u2019ve struggled to exert midfield control, and haven\u2019t been ruthlessness enough in attack.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min A double change for FAK, Sisic and Cordes on for Schoffel and Uka. I\u2019m not really sure why, though \u2013 Schoffel has played well and Uka has been arguably the most dangerous attacker on the pitch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min Potzl runs at Buurman but doesn\u2019t trust her pace, instead checking inside. Then, when she\u2019s tackled, the ball breaks to Jakobsen, to pokes into the box for Uka, who shifts it inside, shoots low \u2026 and hits the foot of the far post! FAK have been the better side since about the half-hour mark and though Chelsea have had chances to make the game safe, it\u2019s the visitors who\u2019ve come closer to scoring since Kaptein\u2019s scorcher.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min \u201cJan from Vienna here,\u201d says Jan from Vienna. \u201cPlease don\u2019t refer to Austria Wien as \u201cVienna\u201d. First of all, that would be like calling Arsenal \u2018London\u201d\u2019 but more importantly, there is a club actually called \u201cFirst Vienna Football Club\u201d (sic), that is referred to as \u2018Vienna\u2019. And being a \u2018Vienna\u2019 supporter, this is somewhat irritating. It is perfectly fine to call them \u201cAustria\u201d, which I understand might seem a bit odd, but that is their name (there are other clubs called \u2018Austria\u2019 in Austria\u2026). Or FAK, in case you want to prevent confusion. I could, of course, send you a list of things that supporters of other Viennese clubs call them, but they\u2019re all unbroadcastable I\u2019m afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n Yeah, I wondered about calling them Vienna, I\u2019m afraid because of Rapid, but I\u2019d call them \u201cRapid\u201d so I guess I thought it a little like calling Real Madrid \u201cMadrid\u201d and Atletico Madrid \u201cAtletico\u201d. But consider me telt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min Chelsea are looking nasty down the right and Kaptein lifts over the top and into space for Carpenter, who stands up a cross. Nusken might head it and has time to take it down, but instead she volleys \u2026 over the top.<\/p>\n Sjoeke Nusken has another chance go begging for Chelsea. Photograph: Harriet Lander\/Chelsea FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.33 EDT<\/p>\n 70 min Oooh, but Buurman dallies inside her own box and Uka puts her under, Wenninger picking up the loose ball and does McCabe foul her as she dashes by? I think she might but it breaks to Uka, whose shot is blocked by Potter, than Jakobsen has a dig \u2026 and Peng saves! Chelsea are very, very lucky to get away with that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min Another free-kick to Vienna \u2013 will Chelsea come to regret conceding so many? \u2013 Uka swinging in, but again, it\u2019s cleared.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min Chelsea don\u2019t look invulnerable but they\u2019re creating again, a cunning triangle down the right between Carpenter, Nusken and Hamano freeing the former, whose low cross is shoved away by Pal \u2026 and there\u2019s no one arriving into the box on the far side.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min Change for Vienna, Jakobsen on for Pfanner, in time for another Uka free-kick. Again, though, Pal gets it away then, when the ball comes back from the other side, she holds.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min Ball out to Hamano, who leaves it for Thompson, and she has look, then dribbles a shot towards the near post which Pal saves easily.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min I\u2019ve been really impressed with Vienna tonight, though we have to remember Chelsea are without various top players, James, Cuthbert and Beevor-Jones among them, then lost Walsh to injury.<\/p>\n