Pajor brace lifts Wolfsburg into UEFA Women’s Champions League quarters

Pajor brace lifts Wolfsburg into UEFA Women’s Champions League quarters
Wolfsburg's Ewa Pajor celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates in the Women's Champions League Group B match against AS Roma on Thursday. (Reuters)
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Updated 09 December 2022
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Pajor brace lifts Wolfsburg into UEFA Women’s Champions League quarters

Pajor brace lifts Wolfsburg into UEFA Women’s Champions League quarters
  • The German side have now reached the quarterfinals for an 11th consecutive season

PARIS: Polish striker Ewa Pajor scored twice as Wolfsburg defeated Roma 4-2 on Thursday to book a place in the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarterfinals.

Five days after celebrating her 26th birthday, Pajor struck in the 24th and 53rd minutes, becoming the tournament’s top scorer this season with six goals.

Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir and Lena Lattwein also found the net as the 2013 and 2014 champions from Germany moved to 10 points from four games in Group B.

Wolfsburg are three ahead of Roma and six ahead of Sankt Poelten after the Austrians only managed a 1-1 draw at home to Czech side Slavia Prague.

The German side have now reached the quarterfinals for an 11th consecutive season.

In Group A, Kadidiatou Diani was on target twice in the first half as PSG swept past hapless Vllaznia in Albania 4-0.

Swiss striker Ramona Bachmann and French midfielder Magnaba Folquet completed the victory in the second half.

Vllaznia have now conceded 19 goals in four games without scoring once.

PSG are three points behind leaders Chelsea who dropped their first points of the campaign following a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid.

Scottish international Caroline Weir gave the Spaniards a first-half lead.

However, the Londoners salvaged a point on the hour when Real goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez saved a penalty from Guro Reiten only to then see the ball rebound off her back and into the net.