Hammarby, represented by Anna Tamminen and Eva Nyström, took a 2–0 victory over St. Pölten in the first Champions League match in its history.
The opening round of the Women’s Champions League continued on Wednesday. The Finnish goalkeeper was also on duty Anna Tamminen and defender by Eva Nyström the match of Hammarby represented.
Last year’s Swedish champion Hammarby plays in a tough D group with Barcelona, Manchester City and St. Pölten. Austrian Pölten was considered beforehand as a team against which it was realistic for Hammarby to fight for victories.
So the opening match was very important when Hammarby welcomed Pölten to Stockholm.
Hammarby had a great chance after a quarter, when the Norwegian winger Vilde Hasund butt to the top bar.
There was no need to worry about the situation for long, when Hammarby built a new place for the Norwegian. Ellen Wangerheim dropped down and Hasund shot from 20 meters with his left foot into the bottom corner. It was naturally the first hit in that competition for Hammarby, who are playing in the Champions League for the first time.
The match progressed strongly under Hammarby’s control. Hasund and Wangerheim had more opportunities for additional goals.
With his goal, Tamminen didn’t have to make saves in the opening period.
In the second half, Pölten was more dangerous, and for example, before the hour mark, Tamminen cleared a dangerous free kick.
Pölten was under pressure, especially from his special situations, but in the end Hammarby scored a 2-0 relief goal in the 88th minute. Japanese pack Asato Miyagawa served and the Norwegian midfield Cathinka Tandberg knocked the ball into the net.
With these readings, Hammarby was also able to celebrate a full point pot. In the end, Hammarby took possession of the ball by 55 percent, scoring attempts 16–13 and shots on goal 8–1. Tamminen and Nyström played the entire match.
In the second match, which started at 19:45 Finnish time, in Group C, Bayern Munich beat Arsenal 5–2. The score was 2-2 after 70 minutes.
Then he became the decider Pernille Harderwho scored a hat-trick in 14 minutes (73–87).
At 10 p.m. Manchester City hosts Barcelona in Group D, and Vålerenga and Juventus meet in Group C.