Live Blog: Arsenal Women host Rosenborg in crucial Champions League qualifier
Arsenal are three games from reaching the Champions League group stage
Live BLog Saturday Sep 7th
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Full-time: Arsenal 1-0 Rosenborg!
90+1' Good vision from Williamson to pick out Blackstenius with a long ball but she heads over. 1-0
90+1' Three added minutes. 1-0
89' More good build-up play from Caldentey and Russo before Mead can't hit the target on her left foot. 1-0
87' A sign of desperation there as Nautnes shoots from a crossing position on a rare counter-attack and it's an easy claim for Zinsberger. 1-0
84' The official attendance at Meadow Park is 3,164. 1-0
84' Sodal replaces Marcussen for Rosenborg, who are going to start committing bodies forward now. 1-0
83' McCabe swings in a free-kick from the right and Mead can't bring it down. Arsenal keep the ball and a resulting cross is headed away. 1-0
82' Arsenal make a double change after Caldentey is fouled- Mead and Walti on for Foord and Cooney-Cross. 1-0
81' Williamson's shot is cleared off the line from a corner! 1-0
78' Little's low cross/shot flashes wide of the far post. 1-0
75' Berre is down with a head injury but she will be able to continue. Arsenal are 15 minutes away from the final round of Champions League qualification. 1-0
71' Russo hits the crossbar for the second time in the game before Cooney-Cross hits the same part of the woodwork from a long way out! So, so close. 1-0
70' Stina Blackstenius comes on for Frida Maanum- Russo will drop into the 10 role. 1-0
69' Fox goes for goal from 25 yards and Rulyte makes another good save down to her left. 1-0
69' Rosenborg make a change as Holum is replaced by Brennskag-Dorsin. 1-0
67' Arsenal's intricate passing isn't quite quick enough and Rosenborg have ten players camped behind the ball. The Gunners need a second soon. 1-0
64' The Norwegian side come forward again and Zinsberger has to watch the ball sail just over the bar. This has been their best spell so far. 1-0
60' Rosenborg's first real effort on goal as Dahl fires her shot over from a long way out. 1-0
59' Russo heads wide from Lionesses teammate Williamson's cross. 1-0
58' In other news, Mariona Caldentey's chant, to the tune of Twist and Shout, is an absolute earworm already. Brilliant work by all involved. 1-0
56' Rosenborg have the ball in the net but Holum is a whole postcode offside and the flag is raised. 1-0
52' Arsenal are putting more crosses into boxes than voters at an election, but still Rosenborg are hanging on in there. A second goal should be more than enough for the home side. 1-0
50' Williamson is fuming after being dragged down in the box. The referee says no to a penalty and Caldentey's fearsome shot flies into the North Bank. 1-0
49' Arsenal go close again as Russo's shot is deflected wide after being set up by McCabe. 1-0
47' McCabe's free-kick is worked to Maanum by Foord and her header is saved well by Rulyte. 1-0
47' Yellow card for Magnusdottir after she brings down Russo on the break. 1-0
46' Wonderful tackle by Kyra Cooney-Cross to put an end to Berre's run in behind- McCabe had been caught high up the pitch and Rosenborg were in there. 1-0
46' The second half has kicked off, with Arsenal unchanged. 1-0
All 12 of Arsenal's substitutes are out warming up.
Arsenal had more than 80 percent of the ball in that first half.
Dominant from Arsenal again and they could be 3 or 4 up, going for goal from everywhere and playing some good football. Maanum the goalscorer, with Russo coming close too.
Half-time: Arsenal 1-0 Rosenborg.
42' Arsenal are queuing up for this second goal, Caldentey shooting over the bar from the edge of the box. 1-0
42' Clever from McCabe who sets up to shoot but instead plays a 1-2 with Caldentey and then her eventual effort is blocked. 1-0
40' Maanum is enjoying herself out there and bends a shot just past the top corner. 1-0
36' Holum is able to get in behind for Rosenborg but Codina is too good, forcing a foul by the Norway U23 international. 1-0
35' Super save from Rulyte to deny Russo from making it 2-0.
33' Slick build-up play from Arsenal and Russo fires her effort wide of the far post, going for accuracy rather than power. 1-0
31' A collector's item. Little carves open the midfield with a run from deep and elects to go for goal, dragging it wide. Normally she'd be unselfish, sometimes too much so, but she was within range there. 1-0
30' Foord has been lively again, delivered the cross for the opener and again for Russo's header onto the bar just now. 1-0
28' Russo heads onto the top of the crossbar from a deep cross! 1-0
25' Fox is making inroads from right-back and her cross is cleared away. Arsenal then work the ball well into Foord who blasts over from inside the box. 1-0
23' It was Foord who delivered the initial cross which was spilled by goalkeeper Rulyte, and Maanum was alive at the back post to make it 1-0. 1-0
19' Goal! Frida Maanum opens her account for the season, smashing home a rebound a few yards out from goal. 1-0
18' It's been a quiet start for Arsenal against a very well-organised Rosenborg team. Caldentey looked dangerous early on and Russo is growing into the game with a couple of chances. 0-0
15' And now Russo can work some space in the box before finding the side netting with a low effort. 0-0
15' Fox crosses for her former college teammate Russo, but her header is straight up in the air and Rosenborg clear their lines. 0-0
14' A young section of Arsenal fans in front of the press box are singing all of the popular chants, but are ensuring that they remove any bad language that might be present in the songs. They'll grow up soon... 0-0
12' A foray into the Arsenal box for Rosenborg but Zinsberger gets to the ball just in front of Nautnes. 0-0
10' Williamson sent in a few crosses on Wednesday night and she's forward to deliver again, just too high for the heads of Maanum and Russo. 0-0
8' The legendary Vic Akers is in attendance at Meadow Park this evening. He will rightly be expecting good things from this Arsenal side, a club he was instrumental in founding and taking forward. You'll hear more about him in the next Gooner Fanzine: Arsenal Women edition... 0-0
7' It's that woman again, Caldentey driving into the box after being played through by McCabe and she bends her shot just wide of the far post. 0-0
5' Arsenal's summer signing Caldentey has seen a lot of the ball so far and crosses into the hands of Rulyte, who was superb for Rosenborg in midweek against Atletico. The keeper made one stunning save and kept out two penalties in the shoot-out. 0-0
1' Caldentey bursts forward in the opening minute and pulls the ball back to Russo, who drags her shot wide. 0-0
1' We are underway at Meadow Park! 0-0
Arsenal are in red and white, Rosenborg a stylish all-black with more sponsors than a Formula One car.
Here come the teams!
Good news for the purists, Arsenal’s subs are back on the subs bench after sitting in the stands on Wednesday night! Proper football is back.
Hammersmith-born Shroot barks out instructions in English to his Norwegian side, having moved to Norway as a player after spells with the likes of Stevenage in the EFL.
Both sides have finished warming up and are going through their final preparations. Jonas Eidevall and his opposite number Robin Shroot chatted for a good ten minutes or so before the warm-ups.
Kim Little scored from the penalty spot and Alessia Russo also distressed the top corner on a one-sided night at Meadow Park in which Manu Zinsberger did not face a shot on goal.
Arsenal vs Rangers was equally as dramatic, but there was no cause for concern for the home fans as Jonas Eidevall's side romped to a 6-0 win. Caitlin Foord hogged the headlines with four (FOUR!) goals.
Anyway, that's the admin taken care of. Atletico Madrid were Rosenborg's victims on Wednesday, with Robin Shroot's side winning on penalties after a dramatic 2-2 draw that went the distance.
And the draw for that next round of qualifying is at 12pm on Monday. Knowing UEFA, it will probably finish some time next year...
Correction- Arsenal cannot face PSG, Wolfsburg or Real Madrid as they are seeded teams. It's complicated!
Arsenal or Rosenborg will face one of PSG, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid, Juventus, BK Hacken, Fiorentina, Paris FC, and one of Breidablik or Sporting Lisbon, which is currently 0-1.
Tonight's victor will progress into the second (and final) round of qualifying for the group stage, a two-legged game that will involve home and away games.
Beth Mead is back in the squad after she trained with the team yesterday, whereas Steph Catley is still out. Mead replaces Vivienne Lia on the Arsenal bench.
Both sides are warming up on a warm evening here in Borehamwood. It's not quite a sellout, but it feels like one.
Rosenborg: Sneve, Ervik, Leine, Aunehagen, Birkelund, Brennskag-Dorsin, Bronstad, Sodal, Buberg.
Rosenborg: Rulyte; Dahl, Tomter, Harviken, Rogde; Marcussen, Magnusdottir, Sorum; Nautnes, Holum, Berre.
Arsenal subs: van Domselaar, Williams, Wubben-Moy, Mead, Walti, Kafaji, Kuhl, Blackstenius, Wienroither, Godfrey, Agyemang, Reid.
Arsenal: Zinsberger; McCabe, Codina, Williamson, Fox; Cooney-Cross, Little; Caldentey, Maanum, Foord; Russo.
Arsenal have named an unchanged side from Wednesday's thrashing of Rangers.
Good evening and welcome to my coverage of Arsenal Women's Champions League qualifier against Rosenborg, live from Meadow Park.