'At the end they could have won, we could have won. 'Credit to Arsenal, they've been through a lot as a team but they made it super hard. I thought it was going to go to penalties but we won,' Nehterlands midfielder Roord said. 'I'm overwhelmed, it was a tough game with extra time. Where it had been Rafaelle rising well in Wolfsburg to bring Arsenal back into the tie last week, it was Roord who was on hand to fire the ball into Manuela Zinsberger's goal at the Emirates.

1 Merle Frohms before guiding it into the open net.ĭespite dominating much of the first half as they did in the opening leg, the hosts conceded late against the run of play. Outmuscling defender Kathy Hendrich, the Sweden attacker took the ball around Wolfsburg No. I'm so proud, but it's so tough to take.'īacked by a sell-out crowd of 60,063, Arsenal began to pressurise the away defence and soon had their breakthrough as Lia Walti threaded the ball through for Blackstenius. 'We've come back in so many games and gone so close to the final. It was a very tough game and it's tough to concede a goal like that, but I'm so proud of how the team has done in the Champions League,' Blackstenius told DAZN after the match. The result sets up a match against beaten 2022 finalists Barcelona, who advanced past Chelsea in the other semifinal, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on June 3 to crown a new champion of UEFA's top women's club competition. Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Jenny Beattie struck for the Gunners in the 75th minute to send the game to extra time before Bremer rolled home to seal the win for Wolfsburg.

Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring early on for Arsenal in the semifinal second leg, but Wolfsburg goals from Jill Roord and Alexandra Popp either side of half-time put the German side back in front. Pauline Bremer scored a dramatic late goal in extra time as Wolfsburg beat Arsenal 3-2 on Monday night in front of a record Emirates Stadium crowd to advance to the Women's Champions League final 5-4 on aggregate.

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