Putellas, Hegerberg: 5 players to watch in the Women’s Champions League

The Women’s Champions League is back. The battle for a place in the semi-finals begins this evening with Bayern Munich’s clash against Paris Saint Germain, and a hotly-anticipated match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Juventus will then play Lyon tomorrow, followed by a mouthwatering tie between Arsenal and Wolfsburg.

With the best in women’s football set to take to the pitch, GiveMeSport Women picks five players to watch across the Women’s Champions League quarter-finals.

Marie-Antoinette Katoto has been quietly going about her business in the Division 1 Féminine, and now boasts statistics that put her up with the best strikers in the world.

She has scored 112 goals in 114 matches for PSG, becoming the team’s all-time top goalscorer in February.

The 23-year-old has hit the back of the net three times in the Champions League so far this season, and will be looking to score again this evening to help her team get past Bayern Munich.

Ada Hegerberg, the Ballon d’Or winner in 2018, was forced to sit on the sidelines for 20 months after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament in January 2020.

She made an emotional return to the pitch in October, coming on as a substitute during Lyon’s Champions League group match against Hacken.

It was symbolic that Hegerberg made her return during the Champions League – she is the all-time top goalscorer in the competition with 56 goals.

The 26-year-old has already returned to her goalscoring ways, and she could well be on the scoresheet again as Lyon take on Juventus.

Lena Oberdorf is one of the most exciting young talents in women’s football. The 20-year-old was named Goal’s inaugural women’s NxGn winner in 2020, and she has lived up to expectations since.

Oberdorf normally plays as a