Chelsea beats Barcelona; Lyon edges PSG in wild comeback

Well, we thought the first-leg matches of the UEFA Women's Champions League were going to be bangers, and we've never been more correct about anything in the history of this show. To start the show, we tackled Chelsea's incredible 1-0 victory over Barcelona in Spain (!!!), where the Blues were able to neutralize Barca's key attacking players. We talked about the great work from Jess Carter, Ashley Lawrence, Kadeisha Buchanan, and Niamh Charles in the back. And you know we had to discuss Erin Cuthbert's brilliant goal, which not only gave Chelsea the victory, but netted Cuthbert a unique honor that has her standing alone in football history (for now). If that match wasn't dizzying enough, we head over to France to discuss an instant contender for match of the year: Lyon storming back from 0-2 down to win 3-2 in the final moments of the match. We discussed what worked for PSG for the majority of the match -- Sakina Karchoui, Tabitha Chawinga, Marie Antoinette Katoto, Sandy Baltimore -- and then we talked about where things went terribly, terribly wrong for them. On the Lyon side, we dove into Manager Sonia Bompastor's timely substitutions; the run of goals from Kadidatou Diani, Melchie Dumornay, and Amel Majri; the idea of a club having "the heart of a champion;" and Majri's "call me" celebration. Subscribe now to catch all of our women's football talk, including our ongoing 2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League #UWCL coverage.  Check us out: X/Twitter: @itc_pod  YouTube: www.youtube.com/@intothechannelpod