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Popp hat-trick ensures Wolfsburg beat Galatasaray
Scorers: Popp 3′ 15′, 88′ Minge 31′, Lattwein 90+6
Alexandra Popp was the star of the evening as Wolfsburg delivered a 5-0 win at home to Galatasaray.
The Turkish side were on the receiving end of a 5-0 home hammering at the hands of Wolfsburg last week, and the reverse fixture continued in exactly the same vein when Popp pounced on a loose ball inside the box and swiftly delivered the finish.
And it was Popp who struck again after 15 minutes, this time with a header at the far post from a Lynn Wilms corner.
To add insult to injury for the Turkish side, Janina Minge made it three when she hit a rocket of a shot into the top corner from the edge of the box to make it three with only just over half an hour gone.
With just two minutes to go, striker Popp completed her hat-trick as she rose highest to nod home from another Wilms assist.
And the scoreline was mirrored from the previous week with a stoppage time goal from Lena Lattwein.
Real Madrid rally to beat determined FC Twente
Scorers: Ravensbergen 29′, Te Brake 90+6; Caicedo 45+2′, Bruun 71′, Redondo 90+4
Real Madrid were made to work hard by FC Twente, but still delivered a 3-2 win on the night.
After taking a 7-0 pasting in Madrid, it was FC Twente who took a surprise lead on home soil.
A free-kick was whipped into the box from the right-hand side by Alieke Tuin, and that ball was then poked home by Jaimy Ravensbergen to the delight of the crowd.
On the stroke of half-time, Real Madrid put themselves back in it, when Linda Caicedo’s mazy run culminated in her shot being saved, only for the Colombian to be on hand to convert the rebound from the resulting shot.
Caicedo then turned provider as she put in a dangerous cross from the right-hand side which was fired home from inside the box by Signe Bruun.
Twente piled the pressure on as the minutes ticked away, and Ravensbergen was unlucky not to grab an equaliser, but then Alba Redondo burst through the defensive line on the break to place her finish into the back of the net.
With the last kick of the game, Sophie te Brake got her side a consolation, but Real Madrid were simply too strong.
The result meant that Madrid had almost certainly qualified for the quarter-finals by the time the final whistle blew.
Still to come…
Lyon v Roma
Chelsea v Celtic
The European matches continue tomorrow evening, as Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Juventus, Arsenal and Barcelona are all in action.
📸 RONNY HARTMANN – AFP or licensors
