Women's Football Weekly: Arsenal shine in Champions League but Chelsea crash out

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Ellen White, Jen Beattie and Ben Haines talk all things Champions League as Arsenal make it through to the final for the first time in 18 years. Jen and Ellen talk about former teammate and friend captain Kim Little and what makes her so good.

On the flipside where did it all go so wrong for Chelsea as they went crashing out after defeat to Barcelona and is it a one sided rivalry?

Plus the team chat the Championship as Crystal Palace head back down while it will go to the final day, either London City Lionesses or Birmingham City will make it to the WSL.

00:20 Intro 01:36 Arsenal masterclass 06:40 Kim Little fan club 14:10 Renee Slegers tactics 17:50 Chelsea crash out 28:00 Palace relegation 32:30 Championship promotion race

BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this week: Tue 20:00 - Arsenal v PSG in the UEFA Champions League Wed 20:15 - Man Utd v Chelsea in the Women’s Super League Thu 20:00 - Athletic Club v Man Utd in the UEFA Europa League Thu 20:00 - Tottenham v Bodø/Glimt in the UEFA Europa League

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy.
0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
0:10.8	The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.
0:17.5	With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to
0:22.4	helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put
0:28.3	together by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life,
0:34.9	check out BBC Sounds.
0:41.3	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:49.4	On the Football Daily, the Women's Football Weekly with Ben Haynes, Ellen White and Jen Beattie.
0:54.8	Hello everybody. Welcome along to the women's football Weekly. Hello, Jen. How are you?
1:03.6	Great. Thank you. Love in the sun. You walked to the studio today. It was a beautiful day. We're in our 20s. It's almost a factor 30 time.
1:11.0	Yeah. Oh, 100%. Yeah. Minimum. For the safety first. Sunblock. Els, how are you injured at boxing this week?
1:15.2	Just a little graze from boxing, but I'm enjoying it.
1:16.0	All good, thank you.
1:17.4	Yeah, I was going to say, how are you finding it?
1:18.0	Loving it.
1:18.8	It's so good.
1:19.3	Yeah.
1:21.7	A bit of circuits and boxing.
1:22.5	All good, yeah.
1:25.7	And then the sun gives you loads of positivity, so all good.
1:29.3	Amazing stuff. Right, I'm going to do the most cheesy segue of all time.
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