Manchester City advanced to the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals in thorough style as they surged Fiorentina 5-0 to seal an 8-0 success on aggregate.
Gareth Taylor’s side had actually scored 3 times by simply past the half-hour mark at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, with Ellen White netting two times, either side of Caroline Dam’s charge.
Alternative Sam Mewis included 2 objectives of her own after the break as City signed up with Chelsea in the last 8 ahead of Friday’s draw for both the quarter and semi-finals.
Taylor made 5 modifications from Sunday’s 1-0 win over Everton with Steph Houghton and Lucy Bronze missing out on from the team as a preventative measure.
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It took City little time, 8 days on from the 3-0 first-leg success, to extend the benefit over a Fiorentina attire presently lying 6th in the Italian leading flight.
White struck into the corner of the internet in the 8th minute following Georgia Stanway’s pass and a touch from Lauren Hemp.
After Fiorentina’s Lana Clelland brought a conserve out of Karima Benameur Taieb with a company shot, City’s second of the day then showed up in the 18th minute. Martina Zanoli was evaluated guilty of handball and Clelland’s fellow Scotland global Dam with confidence transformed the resulting spot-kick.
Dam sent out a subsequent effort broad and Hemp and White saw efforts conserved by Katja Schroffenegger.
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Gareth Taylor and Caroline Dam respond to Manchester City’s 8-0 aggregate win over Fiorentina to reach the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals
Hemp then caught Greta Adami’s lost pass in the 32nd minute and crossed to White, who ended up from close quarters.
Sara Baldi had an opportunity to pull an objective back right before the period however saw her shot go directly broad.
Taylor caused Chloe Kelly and Mewis at half-time and, after the previous curled a shot over and White struck off-target, Mewis revealed more precision minutes later on as she rubbed the ball past Schroffenegger on the hour mark for 4-0.
Sam Mewis commemorates after scoring at Fiorentina
United States midfielder Mewis then got her 2nd with 12 minutes of regular time staying, shooting in having actually been teed up by Kelly.
