The roar of the hedge - zeroed out Chelsea

- They have a few chances, but everyone did what we agreed on, says Häcken's centre-back Emma Östlund to Disney+.

Looking at the stats, it shouldn't have even been close. Häcken did have some good goal chances, but barely had to borrow the ball when Chelsea were on to break the deadlock.

- It is tough. We knew we wouldn't have the ball that much, we tried to go on the counter. We accepted that we didn't have the ball that much and that's the mentality you have to have in a match like this, says Östlund.

But when the match time came to an end, it was still 0-0. Then Maja Bodin had also been extremely close to a winning goal just a few minutes before full time - then the bang was a fact.

The fence was otherwise in bad shape right from the start when Chelsea had a ball in after four minutes. The players had time to gather to celebrate - but the refereeing team waved the goal off for offside.

After barely half an hour, the next ball was in the net behind Jennifer Falk, but it was also blown away for offside.

In between, Chelsea were in for a lead, with increasingly hard pressure on the Häckenmålet.

Hisingsklubben did indeed resist well in the beginning and created several good goal chances with their quick transitions.

But Chelsea's pressure grew heavier and heavier. And heavier.

Nevertheless, it was 0-0 at the break.

Despite their large advantage, Chelsea had relatively few clear scoring chances, while national team goalkeeper Jennifer Falk played great.

However, the numbers spoke volumes. Chelsea had about 70 percent of the ball possession and an almost flawless passing game, while Häcken mostly had to devote himself to defense and clearing the ball.

But it did not help for the English big club.

Chelsea, currently second behind Manchester City in the English Premier League, fielded a mostly regular team, among them the Swedish national team defender Nathalie Björn.

At the same time, Hecken came into play without two of its key players. Not least missing was team captain Anna Anvegård, who was hit when Häcken secured the SM gold last week and has not played since. In addition, Tabitha "Tabby" Tindell also sat on the bench.

Despite that, it was a heavy score – Häcken's only second in this year's Champions League game.

Now, however, the two toughest matches in advance remain.

Next week, Manchester City comes to Gothenburg, before Häcken finishes against French star club Lyon away from home a month later.