Elisabeth Terland Hat-Trick sees Manchester United reaching Women’s Champions League for the first time

Manchester United striker Elisabeth Terland scored a hat trick while the host destroyed a shortage of one goal from the first stage when Thursday it defeated the SK Brann of Norway 3-0 to qualify for the Women’s Champions League group phase for the first time.

After United lost in Bergen, despite the domination of last week’s match, Norway International Terland showed its former teammates no mercy with a fast double, nets in the ninth and 13th minutes to put the home team back in the chair.

Although Brann bravely fought, it was undone by his insistence on playing the ball from behind, giving up the cheap ownership and being punished hard for errors.

Terland completed a perfect treble in the 62nd minute and added a shot with the right foot to its header and left-foot finish to ensure that the Red Devils are at the top table of Europe with a 3-1 total victory in the third qualifying round collision.

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Roma also destroyed a shortage of one goal in the first leg and defeated 2-0 away to achieve a 3-2 victory over aggregated, while Real Madrid drove into the group phase with a 3-0 home victory on Eintracht Frankfurt to collect 5-1.

Atletico Madrid left it late against the hacking of Sweden, flirting of danger before Luany Rosa’s penalty sent the game in extra time in the 10th minute of the stop time.

Danish attacker Synne Jensen then scored three minutes in the extra period to forward Atletico with a 2-1 win over the night and 3-2 victory over aggregated, because it joined the 17 other teams that will make up for Friday’s draw.

The losers of the third qualifying round matches on Thursday are falling in the newly formed Europa Cup in the second round.

Published on September 19, 2025