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Chelsea have been drawn against Real Madrid and Arsenal’s conquerors Paris FC in the Women’s Champions League group stage mobile
Emma Hayes’ side, beaten finalists in 2021, will also face Swedish outfit Hacken in Group D mobile
French side Paris beat last season’s semi-finalists Arsenal on penalties in the first qualifying round on their way to this phase of the competition for the first time mobile
Neighbours Paris Saint-Germain, who dispensed with WSL runners-up Manchester United in the second qualifying round, have been drawn in Group C along with Bayern Munich, Roma and Ajax mobile
Eight-times winners Lyon face Slavia Prague, St Polten and Brann - who beat Scottish champions Glasgow City to reach this stage for the first time - while reigning champions Barcelona were paired with Rosengard, Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt mobile
Chelsea were beaten by Barcelona in last season’s semi-finals, following a memorable quarter-final victory against the holders Lyon mobile
Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Marc Skinner clarified his comments around the Champions League qualifying format after suggesting it was “crazy” United played PSG in a qualifying round mobile
After finishing second in the Women’s Super League last season, United went through the competition’s qualifying rounds and were knocked out at the second hurdle on Wednesday night after being beaten 4-2 on aggregate by PSGLast year’s WSL winners Chelsea earned an automatic group spot, while third-placed Arsenal went into the qualifiers, where they were eliminated by Paris FC in the first round mobile
Skinner said: “My comment was much more about the breadth and quality, I believe there is a need for more teams to be in this competition, and then you’ll see who is average and who isn’t mobile
“Who knows, we might have been average in a group stage, you don’t know that mobile
If there was any offence taken then I’m sorry for that, but that’s not what I meant mobile
“What I meant, and I’ll be clear on it, was I think there should be a broader scope of teams and there should be more teams in this competition so that we can actually then see where the elite level lies within Europe mobile
“I still think that’s a bit cloudy because the reality is, if we were playing a team that are from - what people might believe- to be a league that doesn’t have the experience, then we don’t know until we’ve played those, we only ever play those teams in friendlies mobile
“If you really want the real quality from all of the European leagues to rise, then you’ve got to play them against each other, which I think now other teams are ready for mobile
“If you enter that stage and are getting through, then congratulations mobile
We’re not there so we can talk about what that looks like, but they are there so congratulations to everyone who’s gone through mobile
”Chelsea are now the only WSL team left in the competition, and Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall believes that English teams need to improve mobile
He told a press conference: “We’re number four in Europe [in UEFA’s coefficient rankings] mobile
We can’t say that’s anyone else’s problem except our own mobile
We need to improve, English teams have not done well enough in Europe mobile
“The Conti Cup group that Manchester United are in now might be tougher than some Women’s Champions League groups mobile
But [UEFA] need to grow all of women’s mobile football in Europe - that’s really important mobile
They can’t only take [WSL] opinions into account mobile
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Ollie Bearman was barely three months old when Fernando Alonso won his first world championship in 2005 – but on his Formula One debut in Mexico City, the Essex 18-year-old finished ahead of the double world champion mobile
“That was an added bonus,” he said with a broad smile mobile
On Friday, Bearman made history by becoming the youngest British driver to step foot in an F1 machine at a Grand Prix weekend mobile
And he quietly impressed, too mobile
Competing for American outfit Haas, Bearman finished 15th in first practice, only 1 mobile
6 seconds slower than triple world champion Max Verstappen, and three tenths adrift of Nico Hulkenberg – a veteran of 200 grands prix – in the other Haas mobile
He was also speedier than Alonso mobile
Five rookies were fielded at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, and Bearman was quickest of them all mobile
Raised in Chelmsford, and schooled at King Edward VI Grammar, Bearman joined Ferrari’s driver academy, aged only 16 mobile
Bearman had just won both the German and Italian Formula Four championships, and his performances made those at Maranello sit up and take note mobile
He quit school – despite initial resistance from his mother, Terri – left the family home in Chelmsford, and moved to Modena, a dozen miles north of Ferrari’s headquarters in northern Italy mobile
Two years on, and his Italian twang is noticeable mobile
“Maybe I got a bit lucky not to get the Essex accent,” he joked, in an interview with the PA news agency mobile
I miss my family, my two dogs - I have an English Bull Terrier and a Boston Terrier and they are very cute - and that is the negative side mobile
But the food in Italy is a big chunk above the English stuff, and the weather is mobile better, tooOllie Bearman“A lot of people have told me my accent has changed even if I don’t notice it mobile
I spend a lot of time with Italians and to communicate with people where English is not their first language is not easy, so I have changed my word order and ended up with this everywhere accent mobile
“When I moved to Modena it happened pretty quickly mobile
It was like going to university two years early, but I have loved every moment so far mobile
My mum was very pro-school and very pro-education, but we managed to convince her in the end mobile
“I miss my family, my two dogs – I have an English Bull Terrier and a Boston Terrier and they are very cute – and that is the negative side mobile
But the food in Italy is a big chunk above the English stuff, and the weather is mobile better, too mobile
”Following four victories in his rookie Formula Two season – the feeder series to F1 – Bearman was thrust into the spotlight in Mexico City, eclipsing Lando Norris as the sport’s youngest Brit mobile
Norris, now in his fifth season, was three months shy of his 19th birthday when he took part in practice for McLaren in Belgium in 2018 mobile
Bearman turned 18 in May mobile
When Lewis Hamilton made his F1 bow, Bearman was only 18 months old mobile
Yet on Friday, he shared the same asphalt as the seven-time world champion mobile
“When I heard Hamilton was coming up behind me on a push lap I was like ‘wow, I will get out of the way’,” he added mobile
However, it was Hamilton’s former McLaren team-mate, the 2009 world champion Jenson Button, who was Bearman’s childhood hero mobile
“I heard Jenson was praising me on Sky, and that was amazing for me to hear,” he adds mobile
“I don’t know why, but he was always the guy I loved and really looked up to mobile
It is cool that he recognised my performance in practice, and I will try to speak to him here – that is my goal mobile
”Bearman will remain in F2 next season and he will be back in an F1 machine in practice for Haas – effectively Ferrari’s B team – next month in Abu Dhabi mobile
“It is really cool that I have been given this opportunity,” he said mobile
“My whole career has been a pinch-yourself moment, and this is another one mobile
“Ferrari is such an elusive team mobile
They are an iconic brand, they have an iconic colour and they have the best-looking car on the grid mobile
They are putting a lot of trust in me, and loyalty is an important part of this paddock mobile
“Of course my goal is to become a Ferrari driver, and I need to do that with my performances on track mobile
Today was an amazing moment, and one I will savour for years to come mobile
“It is a shame it was only practice, but it is all part and parcel of the work we have been doing to get to the top mobile
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