Summary

  • FT: Chelsea 1-3 Wolfsburg

  • Gunnarsdottir, Mjelde own goal and Dickenmann for Wolfsburg

  • Ji gave Chelsea second-minute lead

  • Chelsea and Man City aiming to be first English club to reach Champions League final since 2007

  • Second leg in Germany on 29 April

  • FT: Manchester City 0-0 Lyon

  1. goal

    GOAL: Chelsea 1-0 Wolfsburgpublished at 2 mins

    Ji So-yun

    What a start for Chelsea!

    Ji So-yun scores the goal with an angled shot from 12 yards, but all of the credit must go to Fran Kirby.

    She chases a lost cause near the corner flag, beats a defender and crosses into the box, with Ji there to pick up the pieces and fire the hosts in front.

    Media caption,

    Ji So-yun puts Chelsea Ladies ahead

  2. KICK-OFFpublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea 0-0 Wolfsburg

    The German side kick us off.

  3. Watch and listen live!published at 18:04 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea v Wolfsburg (18:05 BST)

    BBC Sport

    You can follow this match in video, radio and text form with BBC Sport.

    Nigel Adderley and injured Chelsea defender Anita Asante are your commentary team for the television coverage, which you can watch by clicking on the play button at the top of the page.

    You can also listen on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, or you can follow text updates with me.

    We're about to get under way.

  4. Team newspublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea v Wolfsburg (18:05 BST)

    As the players enter the field at Kingsmeadow, I'd better bring you the team news, hadn't I?

    Chelsea v WolfsburgImage source, Getty Images

    Chelsea have influential forward Ji So-yun back in their starting line-up for today's semi-final first leg. There's plenty of attacking firepower available from the bench should manager Emma Hayes require it.

    Among the players to look out for in Wolfsburg's starting XI are Denmark's Pernille Harder and Germany's Alexandra Popp, who will be a significant threat to the Chelsea defence.

    Chelsea: Lindahl, Bright, Mjelde, Flaherty, Blundell, Chapman, Ji, Eriksson, Spence, Cuthbert, Kirby.

    Substitutes: Telford, Rafferty, Cooper, Davison, Aluko.

    Wolfsburg: Schult, Fischer, Gunnarsdottir, Blasse, Popp, Maritz, Pajor, Dickenmann, Harder, Hansen, Goessling.

    Substitutes: Frohms, Jakabfi, Baunach, Wullaert, Stolze, Wedemeyer, Kerschowski.

  5. Postpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea v Wolfsburg (18:05 BST)

    Chelsea forward Eden Hazard was a little busy earlier on, helping the club's male team reach the FA Cup final as they beat Southampton 2-0 at Wembley.

    Afterwards, the Belgium international found time to pass on his best wishes to his female counterparts before their semi-final first leg...

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  6. Postpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea v Wolfsburg (18:05 BST)

    Wolfsburg head coach Stephan LerchImage source, Getty Images

    Wolfsburg have knocked Chelsea out of the Women's Champions League in each of the past two seasons, but the leaders of Germany's domestic league do not think a third successive victory over their English counterparts will be easy.

    With Chelsea and Manchester City doing so well, here's a question - how does England's WSL compare with the other top leagues around Europe?

    "In my opinion, the German league is still the best league. The teams in Germany are very close to each other," Wolfsburg head coach Stephan Lerch told BBC Sport.

    "But we've all seen the amazing development in England. A lot of Europe's top players, and also the top players from England, want to play in England for great clubs, because they have great facilities."

  7. Postpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea v Wolfsburg (18:05 BST)

    If you were following BBC Sport's coverage of Manchester City's match earlier today, you'll know that this is a historic season for English clubs in the Women's Champions League.

    For the first time, TWO English sides have made it to the semi-final stage... but it's 11 years since one reached the final.

    Will this be the year that it changes? WSL 1 leaders Chelsea will certainly hope it is they who will make it to the final in Kiev on 24 May.

  8. Highlights: Manchester City hold Lyon in first legpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    FT: Manchester City 0-0 Lyon

    Saying that, Manchester City gained a very creditable 0-0 draw in their semi-final first leg against defending champions Lyon in today's first Women's Champions League match.

    However, City required a top-drawer save from goalkeeper Karen Bardsley late on to keep the match level going into next Sunday's second leg.

    Click on the play button below to watch the highlights.

  9. Postpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 22 April 2018

    Chelsea v Wolfsburg (18:05 BST)

    One down, one to go.

    Welcome to the second part of today's Women's Champions League double header, and I hope Chelsea and/or Wolfsburg can produce more goals than Manchester City and Lyon did earlier on...

  10. BBC Coveragepublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 20 April 2018

    Chelsea Ladies v Wolfsburg Ladies

    17:55-20:00, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, Connected TV and online.

    All coverage times are BST.

    Fran KirbyImage source, Getty Images
  11. How did they get here?published at 15:51 British Summer Time 20 April 2018

    Chelsea Ladies v Wolfsburg Ladies

    Chelsea Ladies made the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League for the first time after beating Montpellier 5-1 on aggregate.Chelsea will face Wolfsburg Ladies in their last-four clash after a 1-1 draw at Slavia Prague sent the Germans through 6-1 on aggregate.

    It will be the third successive season that the two clubs have met in the Women's Champions League - Wolfsburg beat Chelsea in the first round last season and the second round in 2015.

    Chelsea players celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  12. Get Inspired: How to get involved in women's footballpublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 20 April 2018

    With 1.4 million women and girls playing football, there's no doubt that it's the nation's most popular female-team participation sport.

    Around the UK there are schemes designed to help girls get into football - from grassroots to the professional game - as well as routes into coaching.

    Each Football Association across the UK (Scotland, external, Wales, external, Northern Ireland, external and England, external) has information specifically to encourage women to play. You can also find out how to get into football with Get Inspired's guide here.

    Media caption,

    Get Inspired: Faye White on football