Manchester United enter next chapter with Champions League breakthrough

First ever main-draw place signals ambition, yet the club must prove it can retain top players and strengthen to compete with Europe’s elite

Elisabeth Terland celebrates her hat-trick with Melvine Malard. Credit: Getty Images

On Thursday night, Manchester United reached the league phase of the Women’s Champions League (UWCL) for the first time in the club’s history, overturning a 1-0 first-leg defeat by SK Brann by beating the Norwegian side 3-0. Elisabeth Terland’s second hat-trick of the qu…