Thursday night of Champions League football, with Chelsea Women taking on Dutch champions FC Twente Vrouwen at their big stadium, De Grolsch Veste, in their second group stage matchup of the season.
On paper it’s as big of a match as it gets for a club looking to push themselves over the line and finally become Champions of Europe. In practice, manager Sonia Bompastor sees it as a good opportunity to rotate her squad just before our derby against Tottenham in the Women’s Super League this weekend.
FC Twente starting XI:
Clark | Carleer, Knol, Peddemors, Van Ginkel, Van Dooren, Tuin, Vliek, Andradóttir, Te Brake, Van Dihj
Substitutes from: Vissers, De Jong, Bussman, Bormans, Everaerts, Proost, Galic, Ravensbergen, Hulst, Elberink, Ivens, Verdaasdonk
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Musovic | Périsset, Buchanan (c), Björn, Lawrence | Kaptein, Jean-François | Baltimore, Hamano, James | Beever-Jones
Substitutes from: Cox, Hampton, Bright, Nüsken, Ramírez, Cuthbert, Reiten, Bartel, Kaneryd, Bronze, Mpomé
Date / Time: Thursday, October 16, 2024, 20.00 BST; 3pm EDT; 12:30am (next day) IST
Venue: De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands
Referee: Maria Caputi (ITA)
On TV: none (US); DAZN (UK); elsewhere
Streaming: DAZN (US); DAZN (UK)
Let’s do this!