Chelsea Women 1-1 Ajax Women (agg 4-1): Emma Hayes' side reach UWCL semis

Chelsea are "ready" to face anyone in the Champions League semi-finals, according to Emma Hayes, after easing past Ajax to line up a possible reunion against Barcelona.

Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge but went through 4-1 on aggregate.

Hayes' Chelsea held a three-goal lead from the first leg in Amsterdam and a much-changed side made that four before half-time in front of over 11,000 fans in west London - with Mayra Ramirez opening the scoring on her Champions League debut for the club.

Chelsea faced a few first-half scares before Ramirez's opener and were eventually pegged back when Chasity Grant finished below goalkeeper Zecira Musovic. The draw means the Blues are denied the chance to equal their best-ever European run of consecutive wins.

But, more importantly, they move into the last four of the Champions League, where Brann or Barcelona - who knocked Hayes' Blues out of this competition last season in the semi-finals - await the Women's Super League leaders. The semi-finals are scheduled for the weekends of April 20/21 and April 27/28.

"If you look at our record in the Champions League, even in the last five seasons, it's only once we didn't qualify for the group and reached the latter stages every year," manager Hayes said at full-time.

"We should be at this level, we should be at the semi-finals. We have a little bit more depth now to make six changes and do what we did tonight.

"We haven't won anything, I don't know who the opponent will be. But we're ready."

And Chelsea's quest for a quadruple rumbles on - with the chance to win one of the four available trophies on Sunday when they play Arsenal in the Continental Cup final at Molineux.

This was no procession for Chelsea as Ajax started the stronger.

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