Barcelona went into their match against Benfica without the injured Aitana Bonmati, Patri Guijarro, Ona Batlle, Salma Paralluelo, Kika Nazareth and, at the last minute, Irene Paredes, who was suffering from a fever. Even so, they beat Benfica and practically sealed their place in the next round.

The UEFA Women's Champions League will play its final matchday of the new-look league phase on Dec. 17, with all nine games kicking off at 3 p.m. ET (8 p.m. GMT). All 18 teams have been battling to progress since early October and we now have a rough idea which 12 teams will be able to qualify for the knockout stages,

Atalanta vs Chelsea will take place at 8pm GMT on Tuesday, December 9, at the New Balance Arena in the Champions League. That means that fans watching in the US and Canada can see the game at 3pm ET and 12pm PT, while it's a 7am kick-off on Wednesday, December 10, for fans in New Zealand.

A final bout of Champions League action for the calendar year will be staged across Europe on Wednesday evening. There are still two more league phase matches to come at the beginning of the new year, but the chance to end 2025 on a high in Europe’s premier competition arrives for 18 sides this Wednesday.

Chelsea's remarkable unbeaten run in the Women's Super League was finally ended at 34 matches by Everton who battled to a 1-0 win at Kingsmeadow.