The journey begins: PSG vs Chelsea, UCL preview

It will be just the Blues’ second contest without their passionate leader, Emma Hayes, but if the Everton game demonstrated anything, it was that the rest of the coaching staff was prepared to take on the challenge head-on. From nearly heading to west London at the end of the transfer window, Geyoro is going to see what the possibilities could have been if the French outfit decided to let her go. She was even rumored to have a desire to join the Blues, but there was never a price that satisfied PSG to intrigue them enough to move on from the French international. The future of the 25-year-old could very well be in a Chelsea kit sooner rather than later, but for now, the Blues are focused on the present because like last year, the quarter-finals are not a foregone conclusion.

For CFC, the focus should not be on the attacking side of things, rather on finding every way to prevent costly mistakes that could be decisive in a competition of this magnitude. Chances were no doubt missed at inopportune times against Everton, but it is unlikely that Pernille Harder and Lauren James will be found skying their shots over the crossbar at a consistent rate. Sam Kerr still needs to find her footing, and after she finished just short of her first Ballon d’Or award on Monday, the Australian could be motivated to add to her scoring total that only reads one through four WSL matches.