Arsenal fail to reach Women’s Champions League final after semifinal loss to Wolfsburg

Arsenal’s deflated lap of honour thanking the fans would end their last game of the season at the Emirates on a low note

Arsenal women’s team failed to make into the Champions League final a heartbreak at Emirates against Wolfsburg. The Gunners didn’t offer smiles in front of the 60,000 fans at the Emirates/

The North London club was looking to earn first their first Champions League final in 16 years but Bundesliga giants broke their hearts.

The last-minute extra-time winner saw Wolfsburg clinch their ticket to the final in Eindhoven where they will face Barcelona.

Arsenal clawed their way back into the first leg after going 2-0 down in Wolfsburg, with this tie being a mammoth of a task to beat the two-time champions who have been on top form throughout their Champions League campaign.

Arsenal finished top of the table in Group C where they were placed with Lyon, Zurich, and Juventus. Arsenal fans showed up for their side in their quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich where they came from behind to win on aggregate.

Speaking after the reverse fixture, stand-in skipper Katie McCabe revealed how the loss of the likes of Kim Little, Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema has brought the team together to fight even harder to reach the final.

“To lose our captain and vice-captain in the space of a couple of days hurt us, but also it brings us together,” she said. “We are out there, we are running for each other, and we are doing it for the girls back home as well.”

Arsenal’s deflated lap of honour thanking the fans would end their last game of the season at the Emirates on a low note, but the fight the Gunners showed down to the very last second of the game cannot be understated.

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