Metalist 1925 women demolished Mitrovica 5-0 in the first qualifying round semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League on Tuesday. The match, played on 1 September 2026, ended with a scoreline that told more than the sum of its parts. The hosts had met Mitrovica just five days earlier in a goalless draw, and this time the pattern shifted entirely.
The opening goal came at the eighth minute through D. Apanaschenko, and by then the visitors were already on the back foot. V. Hiryn doubled the lead at eighteen, just before half-time, and the visitors made two changes at the break — A. Gjegji and E. Kryeziu replaced someone. The visitors' substitutions didn't stop the bleeding.
O. Basanska restored the two-goal cushion at forty-seven, and Mitrovica responded with an immediate change: R. Spahiu came on for someone at sixty. But the visitors couldn't find any rhythm. T. Khimich added a fourth at fifty-nine, and Metalist 1925 then pulled two more changes — D. Apanaschenko and M. Shaynyuk — at sixty-three.
V. Hiryn completed her brace at sixty-nine, and the visitors made another pair of changes at seventy-five, bringing on G. Berisha and A. Fejza. The last substitution of the match came at seventy-nine, with V. Radionova replacing someone. Metalist 1925 had T. Khimich and L. Zaborovets on at seventy as well.
Mitrovica's recent form suggests they've been competitive — a 2-1 win over Ferencváros and a 10-0 victory over Zimbru Chişinău Women — but neither result prepared them for this. Metalist 1925 had lost 1-2 to Fenerbahçe Women and 0-2 to PSV Eindhoven Women in their previous Champions League outings, but this performance carried a different weight. The hosts advance.