World Soccer

Destination San Sebastian

When the draw was made for the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-finals last November, Hedvig Lindahl and Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir were among those Wolfsburg players plotting the path to a third triumph. Now, as the competition resumes following a coronavirus-enforced suspension, they are blocking the German champions’ way.

Lindahl had kept a clean sheet and Gunnarsdottir missed a penalty as Wolfsburg won 1-0 in the Netherlands to complete a 7-0 aggregate victory over Twente to reach the last eight.

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