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Clare pointed out the rollout of the courses supports the vision within the current Irish
       Football Association women’s football strategy of growing the game and maximising impact.
            This  year  more  than  90  new  female  coaches  from  over  40  clubs  throughout  Northern
       Ireland have been upskilled by completing female-only NCC courses, she added.
            Gail Redmond, the Irish FA Foundation’s development manager for women’s football, is
       delighted with the uptake on the courses.
            She said: “We have set high targets to grow the game in our country and I am pleased to say
       that we are on target not just to have 24 new female coaches per year but to double the amount of
       female NCC coaches by 2024.”
            Meanwhile,  the  Northern  Ireland  FA  has  announced  that  all  tickets  for  the  Northern
       Ireland senior women’s team’s match against North Macedonia in Belfast later this month have
       been sold.
            The ‘sold out’ sign has gone up less than two weeks after tickets went on sale for the FIFA
       Women’s World Cup 2023 qualifier at Crusaders’ Seaview stadium on Monday 29th November
       (7pm start).
            The game at Seaview is set to be staged four days after Kenny Shiels’ side take on North
       Macedonia in Skopje.
       (irishfa.com)
       UEFA Women’s Champions League
       Arsenal  and  Chelsea  have  put  themselves  on  the  brink  of
       qualifying for the quarter finals with victories in their respective
       group matches this week.
            On Wednesday night, Arsenal played their return match
       against HB Koge at Meadow Park, looking for a repeat of their 5-1
       victory against the Danish side seven days earlier.
            The  Gunners  got  off  to  a  great  start  and  took  the  lead
       through  Caitlin  Foord  with  sixteen  minutes  on  the  clock.  Beth
       Mead then got the ball in the net on the stroke of half time, but her
       effort was ruled out for a marginal offside decision. Koge continued to sit back and frustrated Arsenal
       on a number of occasions and it wasn’t until the final seven minutes when they were finally able to
       make the pressure tell.
            First, Lotte Wubben-Moy rose highest to head in from a Mead corner and as the game headed
       towards injury time, Vivianne Miedema, on as a second half substitute, slotted home the third from
       Steph Catley’s through ball.
            Barcelona  meanwhile  confirmed
       themselves as the first team to qualify for the GROUP A  P  W D  L  F  A Pts GD
       last eight, the holders easing to a comfortable CHELSEA  4  3  1  0 13 4  10  14
       5-0 victory at Hoffenheim.       JUVENTUS               4  2  1  1  8  4  7  5
            Chelsea  meanwhile  consolidated VFL WOLFSBURG     4  1  2  1 10 7  5  10
       their position at the top of Group A by beating SERVETTE FCCF  4  0  0  4  0 16  0  1
       Servette  FCCF  1-0  at  Kingsmeadow.  This GROUP B    P  W D  L  F  A Pts
       time it was harder for Chelsea to break down  PARIS SAINT GERMAIN  4  4  0  0 13 0  12
       the visiting defence, who were determined to  REAL MADRID  4  2  0  2  6  6  6
       avoid a repeat of the seven-goal hammering  WFC KHARKIV  4  1  1  2  2  6  4
       nine days earlier. The only goal came midway  BREIDABLIK  4  0  1  3  0  9  1
                                        GROUP C               P  W D  L  F  A Pts
       through  the  second  half,  when  Sam  Kerr  FC BARCELONA  4  4  0  0 15 1  12
       latched onto Fran Kirby’s pass and held off  ARSENAL    4  3  0  1 13 5  9  4
       her  marker  before  firing  home.  The  match
                                        HOFFENHEIM             4  1  0  3  5 13  3  -2
       was also notable for Maren Mjelde’s first start HB KOGE  4  0  0  4  1 15  0  4
       since  her  serious  injury  in  the  Continental GROUP D  P  W D  L  F  A Pts  -3
       Cup Final in March.              OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS     4  3  0  1 10 2  9  -4
            Victory  for  Juventus  at  VfL BAYERN MUNICH     4  2  1  1  6  2  7  -9
       Wolfsburg means that Chelsea must wait in SL BENFICA   4  1  1  2  2  7  4  -10
       order to confirm their place in the last eight.  BK HACKEN  4  1  0  3  2  9  3  -10
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