The 2024-25 UEFA Women’s Champions League is up and running with matchday one of the group stage complete.
Eight-time European champions Lyon kicked off on Tuesday with a 3-0 win over Galatasaray, while Group A rivals Roma beat Wolfsburg 1-0. Women’s Super League champions Chelsea beat Real Madrid 3-2, but FC Twente‘s 2-0 win over Celtic puts them top of Group B.
There were fireworks on Wednesday with Bayern Munich recording a storming 5-2 win over Arsenal to top Group C ahead of Juventus, who beat Vålerenga 1-0. In Group D, defending champions Barcelona suffered a 2-0 defeat at Manchester City and Hammarby beat St. Pölten 2-0.
We asked our writers Emily Keogh, Sophie Lawson and Sam Marsden to answer some of our burning questions.
What stood out for you on matchday one?
Lawson: There were eight games played across the two days and I’d be remiss not to touch on all of them, but that Manchester City performance was absolutely outstanding. It was the very best we’ve seen City play under Gareth Taylor, their press was fantastic. Barcelona were completely flummoxed and quite simply, bad; it was the least Barcelona we’ve seen Barcelona in years.
Away from that match, there were some really strong debuts in the group stage. Galatasaray lost 3-0 but, given the…
