Barcelona progressed to their eighth consecutive Girls’s Champions League semi-final after thrashing Spanish counterparts Actual Madrid 6-0 at a refurbished Spotify Camp Nou, successful the tie by an astonishing combination rating of 12-2.
The three-time champions are in search of to reclaim the title they misplaced to Arsenal final season, and after crusing via the league part unbeaten, additionally cruised via their quarter-final to arrange a final 4 assembly with Bayern Munich.
Thursday’s triumph marked Barcelona Femeni’s grand return to the Spotify Camp Nou for the primary time in almost three years amid ongoing renovations, as over 60,000 supporters packed the bottom and have been handled to an exhibition of soccer ‘el nostre cami’ – which interprets as ‘our means’.
Barca had already overwhelmed Madrid 5 occasions in all competitions this season, however this explicit end result was maybe probably the most compelling of the lot, thanks to a different masterclass from Alexia Putellas on her five hundredth membership look.
It was the No 11 who scored the opener and orchestrated the second, all earlier than the 15-minute mark. Irene Paredes and Ewa Pajor have been additionally on the scoresheet earlier than the half-time whistle as Actual have been blown away by a Barca facet in full free circulate. A lot as they toiled, they may not get close to.
Caroline Graham Hansen then scored the decide of the bunch within the fifty fifth minute, aided by the imaginative and prescient of Putellas, rolling her defender and weighting a delightfully deft shot over Misa Rodriguez. Substitute Esmee Brugts tapped residence a well-worked sixth earlier than the night time was out.
Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas celebrates her five hundredth membership look
Barcelona will face Bayern Munich for a spot within the Could’s remaining in Oslo, whereas the corresponding semi-final shall be contested by Arsenal and the winner of Lyon vs Wolfsburg.
Given current proof, each workforce left standing will think about Pere Romeu’s facet a fearsome opponent. Barcelona are unbeaten of their final 27 video games in all competitions – the final time they have been defeated in Europe was in final season’s Girls’s Champions League remaining.
And there are certainly few who can compete with their class this time round as Barcelona very a lot look the workforce to beat.
Graham Hansen cherishes memorable win
Barcelona ahead Caroline Graham Hansen to UEFA: “Each time we play right here, it is all the time going to remain as the most effective reminiscences.
“To play right here on this improbable stadium with these followers, and the perfect workforce on this planet, for me, with the perfect group of individuals – it is reminiscences without end.
“We’ve not received any trophies at the moment, nevertheless it’s a really memorable night time that I’ll carry on cherishing for a very long time. Clearly, we wish to attempt to attain the ultimate once more and present that we will play effectively in finals.”
