MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A back-heel flicked goal by American forward Macy Schultz set HB Køge up for a big win in the Women’s Champions League on Thursday, as Manchester City returned to action in a seismic week for the club.
Schultz’s clever strike in the ninth minute opened the scoring in Danish champion Køge’s 5-1 win over Servette in the second round of games in the 18-team league phase.
Inter Milan captain Ivana Andres Sanz scored with seconds left in stoppage time to deny Austria Vienna victory in a 1-1 draw. The hosts had led from the 21st minute on a long-distance shot from Modesta Uka.
Man City was taking the field later hosting Real Madrid in the club’s first senior game since its reputation was rocked by a devastating verdict from an independent tribunal.
The women’s team is not implicated in systemic breaking of Premier League financial monitoring rules that inflated revenue available to the hugely successful men’s team of more than 900 million pounds ($1.19 billion) for transfer fees and wages from 2009-18.
City’s women won a domestic league and cup double last season and is chasing a first Women’s Champions League title in what shapes to a period of intense turmoil in Manchester. The club is expected to challenge the Premier League verdict by a Friday deadline and then the likely subsequent sanctions.
Also later in the Women’s Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain is hosting OH Leuven of Belgium.
___
