Arsenal reach the Champions League final, Chelsea bow out & Crystal Palace suffer WSL relegation
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Rach joins Chloe from an airport lounge in France, fresh from witnessing a true Arsenal masterclass on Sunday. Their hugely impressive comeback against Lyon means they’ve reached the Champions League final for the first time in 18 years! Arsenal’s Renée-ssance really is in full effect…
Meanwhile, Chelsea suffered another semi-final exit to Barcelona but Rach tells us why their performance on Sunday was an improvement on that bruising first-leg. Plus, it was heartbreak at the weekend for Crystal Palace - and of course Clo - as their 7-1 defeat to West Ham confirmed their relegation from the WSL.
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| 0:32.0 | Welcome to Up Front. I'm Chloe Morgan. |
| 0:54.7 | And I'm Rachel O'Sullivan. Arsenal are through to the Champions League final after beating Leon 4-1. I mean, what? Surely that was the best European away performance by an English team ever. And they will face Barcelona in the final next month after they smash Chelsea 4-1 again, |
| 0:58.9 | this time at Stanford Bridge, we'll be diving into both of those games. |
| 1:04.8 | Elsewhere in the WSL, my former club, Crystal Palace, were relegated this weekend after a 7-1 thumping from West Ham. |
| 1:07.9 | I know, Rach, I know. |
| 1:09.6 | We'll be reflecting on their debut WSL campaign |
| 1:12.1 | and what happens next. |
| 1:17.4 | All right, Rach, |
| 1:18.3 | before we get stuck into the very highs |
| 1:20.2 | and the very lows of the weekend, |
| 1:22.7 | what's been your moment of the weekend so far? |
| 1:25.8 | And can you try and avoid all the chaos of the games that are about to discuss if you can? |
| 1:31.7 | Do you know what I'm going to do? |
| 1:32.5 | I'm not even going to pick a football moment. |
| 1:34.5 | How about that? |
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