2023-12-16 00:53:22
As the first qualified teams are expected in the UEFA Women’s Champions, we take a look at four goalkeepers who have a crucial role to play.
Camelia Ceasar (Rome)
Roma, who lost in Paris on Thursday, enter Wednesday’s home return match with a one-point lead over their opponent, tied with Ajax and one behind Bayern.
Romanian goalkeeper Cesar played an important role in Roma’s rise to prominence and kept a clean sheet in their final home group match, the 3-0 win over Ajax, as well as in two of their three matches last season. In July, AS Roma signed a new three-year contract with Cesar, who is approaching 100 matches in the AS Roma jersey.
Chiamaka Nandozi (Paris FC)
Nnadozie became the youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019. But it was in this summer’s tournament that she truly made a name for herself with a string of fine performances, including three matches without conceding a goal, as Nigeria reached the round of 16, only losing on penalties to England.
The following month, Nnadozie helped Paris FC eliminate Arsenal on penalties in a Champions League qualifier. In the 2-1 win over Real Madrid, Nnadozie saved a penalty to help secure a crucial result for the club. Named African goalkeeper of the year this month, Nnadozie could help her club even more on Wednesday in Madrid.
Chiamaka Nnadozie decisive from the penalty spot for Paris FC against Real
Lena Powell (Benfica)
Benfica beat four-time champions Frankfurt on matchday three and another victory in Germany would take the Eagles into their first quarter-final at the expense of their hosts. And it is a German who could seal the fall of Frankfurt.
Pauels joined Benfica from Werder Bremen this summer and has established herself as an indisputable starter. She lost all of her meetings with Frankfurt, several of them quite badly, while at Bremen, but it was a different story in Lisbon, where she helped her team to a valuable 1-0 victory, making some crucial saves .
Carina Schlüter (St. Pölten)
Pölten hoped for better than a 0-0 draw at home to Slavia Praha on matchday three to stay in touch with the two Group B leaders, Lyon and Brann, but if the Austrian team got their first point, it This is largely thanks to its German goalkeeper, Schlüter.
Arriving in 2022 from Leipzig, the former Bayern goalkeeper made numerous excellent saves to prevent Slavia from bringing home a victory in Prague, where the teams meet on Thursday. Schlüter also had a very good game in the narrow 2-0 defeat at Lyon, and success was hard-earned by the 27-year-old, who combines playing with medical studies and bravely spoke about her struggle against depression, which caused her to take a break from football while at Leipzig.
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