Austria Wien saw off Farul Constanța 5-0 in the second qualifying round finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League on Friday evening. The hosts dominated from the opening whistle, racing into a two-goal lead inside four minutes through V. Hanshaw and M. Uka. By then, the Romanian visitors had already looked shell-shocked, though they would not pull the trigger once on target all evening.
Uka added a penalty in the 61st minute to extend the advantage, and here's the thing — the visitors' goalkeeper never stopped a single shot. E. Pfattner and Y. Weilharter rounded off the scoring in the second half, with Austria Wien's attack finding a way through every time. Farul Constanța made six substitutions across the match, but none could shift the momentum.
The statistics tell the story without embellishment. Austria Wien held 66 per cent possession and registered 19 shots on target compared to none for their opponents. They also earned 11 corners while the visitors managed just three. To be fair, Farul did register one shot off target, but that was their only attempt that tested the keeper in any meaningful way.
Austria Wien carried two yellow cards — T. Weiss in the 80th minute and A. Schorn in the 88th — while their opponents kept a clean disciplinary record. The hosts blocked five shots and completed 25 throw-ins, showing a physical presence that Farul could not match. The visitors' goalkeeper faced no shots on target at all, which says more about the nature of the game than about shot-stopping.
For Austria Wien, this result sends a clear message ahead of the next round. They went into the match on the back of a mixed run, including a 0-1 defeat to St. Pölten, but delivered when it mattered. Farul Constanța, meanwhile, are running out of games in this competition. One mistake ends it, and they made plenty of them without even having the chance to correct course.