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Arsenal pulled off a significant shock as they beat the mighty Barcelona to raise the Girls’s Champions League trophy for the second time.
It was an enormous day too for Sunderland’s males, who got here from behind to beat Sheffield United within the Sky Guess Championship play-off remaining at Wembley to seal their return to the Premier League.
There was additionally heroics from Aberdeen, who denied Celtic a home treble by beating them on penalties to assert the Scottish Cup.
Gunners shoot down Barca
Skipper Kim Little was celebrating the very best second of her profession as Arsenal surprised holders Barcelona to assert the Champions League title for the second time.
Sweden worldwide Stina Blackstenius got here off the bench to attain the one objective with 16 minutes remaining to edge the Gunners to glory in Lisbon.
Little mentioned: “We knew coming into this sport that we mainly needed to be good. It’s very particular for me. I’ve been on the membership a really very long time and we’ve had unimaginable intervals the place we’ve been profitable.
“The membership received it in 2007 and I signed the yr after that. To nonetheless be on the membership now and see how a lot it has accomplished to progress the ladies’s sport and spend money on us as gamers and as a membership, it’s actually particular to be sitting right here now at the moment off the again of profitable the final word trophy for membership soccer and it’s undoubtedly the very best second of my profession.”
Wat a scorcher
Regis Le Bris admitted Sunderland’s return to the Premier League was “not possible to foretell” when he arrived on the Stadium of Gentle final summer time.
The 49-year-old Frenchman guided the Black Cats to a 2-1 Sky Guess Championship play-off remaining victory over Sheffield United and the estimated £220million that got here with it when Tommy Watson scored a stoppage-time winner at Wembley to finish the membership’s eight-year exile.
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Le Bris, who took up the reins after the membership had completed in sixteenth place, mentioned: “It was not possible to foretell. They performed incredible soccer generally (final season). In opposition to Southampton they received 5-0, so it was clear that it was doable to play superb soccer and to be environment friendly and really dominant.
“However on the identical time, they have been so inconsistent, so my job was to offer the methodology to deliver this consistency.”
Celtic pay the penalty
Aberdeen goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov struggled to explain his feelings after changing into a Dons hero at Hampden Park.
Mitov saved from Callum McGregor and Alistair Johnston to seal a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Celtic within the Scottish Gasoline Scottish Cup remaining and take the trophy again to Pittodrie for the primary time in 35 years.
The Bulgarian mentioned: “I feel I’ve obtained about 500 messages already from again dwelling. All people’s tremendous completely satisfied, everyone’s tremendous proud.
“And pay attention, it’s moments like this, that’s why we play soccer. And no one can take away this from us now as a result of I’m certain we’re going to be heroes endlessly.”
What’s on at the moment?
The Premier League reaches its conclusion with solely European qualification nonetheless to be settled within the remaining spherical of fixtures.
Champions Liverpool, who host FA Cup winners Crystal Palace, and Arsenal, on the highway at relegated Southampton, are already assured of Champions League spots, however Manchester Metropolis, who journey to Fulham, Newcastle, at dwelling to Everton, and Manchester United’s guests Aston Villa will battle it out for the remaining three with fellow contenders Nottingham Forest and Chelsea assembly on the Metropolis Floor.
Elsewhere, Charlton and Leyton Orient go head-to-head at Wembley within the League One play-off remaining as they try to safe a spot in subsequent season’s Sky Guess Championship.
