Real Sociedad 0-1 Chelsea (2-6 on aggregate) | Highlights - Extended | UWCL Qualifier Second Leg | CFCW 2026/27

Hello and welcome to live Women's Champions League football from northern Spain where Chelsea find themselves with a job to see through having wobbled just briefly a bit last week but eventually coming past Real Sociedad by five goals to two. All sorts going on at Sociedad at the moment not least a new coach who has come straight in and changed a couple of his forward options with Arola and Marcos who scored in the first leg going out and in coming a tall American forward Oliver Seelenfreud newly arrived and the local graduate Insa Egiguren. For Chelsea four changes of personnel and it looks like one of shape. Bronze and Buchanan come into what looks like a back three now. Lexi Potter and Vika Kapteijn come into midfield. Still no Erin Cuthbert by the just yet for the Blues. Cleaver-Jones away from Campo and still going. Aggie Beaver-Jones signed on again. Walsh making the run out to the right wing. Awkward ball dealt with just about by Fiorentino. Could be calmly done all things considered. Lauren James who tapped in to make it 4-2. Carpenter making the run. Perfect pass has the finish. She went unselfish trying to give Aggie Beaver-Jones a tap in as she did Lauren James last week. And now at Campo the Blues signing from Espanyol to dive in. First really good chance that. The Potter that's beautifully spread left to right. Here comes Carpenter again. Kapteijn in the middle. Beaver-Jones of Baltimore arriving. And so too is Keira Walsh. Two goals so far since joining Chelsea. Both came against Tottenham. Germer here. Fore. Point on the chase here and that could have gone horribly wrong. A bit good anticipation but again they're here. Zellig Carpenter wins yet another corner. Busy for the captain I know of Vicente so far with the always forward thinking and tiny pacey Ellie Carpenter making breaks like that. Definitely onside this time. Base for Lauren James that's usually a problem for Oppo. It was a ball on to Beaver-Jones. Lauren James has gone for the top corner. Anyone else she'd probably be a bit annoyed by that. Given this country she has scored just like that. It's really been a gung-ho element to The Carpenter could be in here. She's come a long way and very calmly dealt with it. This time this evening Giulia Rullo has shown composure beyond her 10 to 20 years. First time Ellie Carpenter has looked the most like the outlet to Chelsea. Pinter again. Controlled the bouncing ball well. Beaver-Jones. Easily the biggest and best chance of this game and at the end of it it's only a corner and it really should be 1-0. Yes it's a good save from Rullo. She shouldn't have been given the chance. Straight up the middle for Beaver-Jones. That's a shame. She'll be disappointed. Again it's Carpenter making it happen. Big chance. Not taken. Chelsea to really make it even more comfortable than it already is. Although doesn't matter now. Dosidad switched off and Keira Walsh has curled it in. The young keeper who's been excellent so far completely called out. Either the keeper's thought that someone might get a touch or she's left it because she's lost her bearings. Either way it's 1-0 Chelsea. Beaver-Jones would love another opportunity. Here comes Alyssa Thompson. Terrifyingly quick especially off the bench. Great effort that from Germano. Beaver-Jones trying to work it for the shot. The offside flag will curtail those efforts. It's another important stop from Giulia Arullo. Caught out for the goal certainly but very good otherwise. Meanwhile straight up the other end they go. Home hopes high. There's something on the counter here. Toughest if you like in inverted commas save that Thompson's had to make. It's a great ball in and it wasn't really dealt with by Chelsea. It looked like the final touch was a scrape off the saucy dad head which may or may not have been Claudio Fiorentino. Good end with another corner and that was good. Hampton has covered herself in glory there. She may well have bumped into the back of Lucy Bronze. A day and a bit to go before the transfer window closes. Sensibly ahead of the new season rather than during it. Camino. Too close to Hampton. He'll handle it well. Here's Germano. Alas making that run. Thumbs up for the intent. Still aboard. He's lost out. Here goes Dragone. Ball is on for Germano and she's played it. Just not hard enough. Two minutes. This Chelsea corner will be the last action of this qualifying tie. Good delivery. Into the head of Khadija Buchanan. It's over the top is it for Germano. No it's wide and that'll do it. Job done Chelsea Football Club. Not used to having to qualify but the Blues have done it and comfortably.