Arsenal made history as the first winners of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup on Sunday, beating out Copa Libertadores winners Corinthians, 3-2 and, as a result, they claim the title as the best club in the world.
But the inaugural edition of the six-team competition turned out to be anything but a fair judgement of who claims the bragging rights as the cream of the crop of world football.
The competition was tipped as the battle between the best club in the world from each of the six confederations — though only four made it to the semifinals in London.
The Champions Cup, implemented after a new Women’s Club World Cup was postponed to 2028, is supposed to provide an adequate way to assess where the continental Champions League winners stack up against one another and a way to compare leagues across the globe.
The Gunners were made to work for victory over Corinthians, twice squandering leads to allow the relentless never-say-die mentality of the South American champions back into the game, eventually sealing victory after extra time.
A defensive error from Corinthians, failing to clear the ball away from Stina Blackstenius allowed her shot to be parried into the path of Olivia Smith whose powerful volley took a deflection to end up in the back of the net.
The lead was short-lived as a scramble in Arsenal’s box allowed 40-year-old skipper Gabi Zanotti, the hero who netted the only goal to see the South American side into the final, head the ball over the line.
It was an Arsenal header from centre back Lotte Wubben-Moy lurking in the box that gave Arsenal the lead again, but a contentious penalty call on Gisela Robledo by Katie McCabe in the box gifted Corinthians a last-ditch effort to salvage a chance and sent the game to extra time.
Corinthians were dispossessed on the halfway line by a tenacious Frida Maanum who set up Caitlin Foord to strike low past the keeper, ultimately securing another trophy in the cabinet, possibly the only one the club may see this season.
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