Matchday two of the 2023-24 Women’s Champions League group stage is over and yet again the underdogs showed they mean business this season.
Swedish side BK Häcken and Norway‘s SK Brann both made it two wins from two having been unfancied. Häcken’s win came at home to Real Madrid, who had scored first and have now picked up just one point from their opening two fixtures. Brann got the better of Slavia Prague 1-0. Barcelona, though, made no mistake in coming from behind to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1.
For the second gameweek running, both Parisian clubs were beaten, as Paris Saint-Germain lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich and Paris FC were thrashed 4-1 at Chelsea, with Sam Kerr scoring a hat trick.
Elsewhere, Lyon beat St. Pölten 2-0 and Benfica claimed a 1-0 win over Rosengard on Wednesday. And then on Thursday, Roma soundly beat Ajax Amsterdam 3-0.
We asked our writers Sophie Lawson, Sam Marsden and Tom Hamilton to answer some of our burning questions.
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1. Which team is already in trouble?
Sam Marsden: It’s obvious, but it’s hard to look further than Paris Saint-Germain. The French side have made five…
