A double world attendance record was achieved by Barça women last season (91,553 spectators against Madrid and 91,648 people against Wolfsburg), and he will have another opportunity to beat his own record in the Champions League semifinal, to which he has qualified for the fifth time after a nice walk between Rome (0-1) and Barcelona (5-1). The appointment will be on April 29 or 30 -the second leg will be at the Camp Nou- and against the winner of Lyon-Chelsea, which will be announced this Thursday.
The Barca eleven arrive at the determining phase of the season with the League in hand, and in the penultimate step before the European final, as expected, and with the only blur of the disqualification of the Cup due to a bureaucratic error. Roma paid for their inexperience – they were the only rookie quarterfinalist – and the voracity of the team Jonathan Giraldez, now forced to increase the level to proceed to the collection of titles.
from party to party
Visible were the marks of the mini game rectangle of the Kings League before another party began, with fewer attendances, but a mere rehearsal for the next one, which will have new guests. the same hostesses, of course. Barça quickly resolved the job, which was to secure the pass, and the détente soon began so that Giráldez gave minutes to several substitutes who could not increase the win, which had a promoter (Graham Hansen) and an executor (Rolfö double) and Mapi, Oshoala and Patri of necessary collaborators.
The Barça attacks were carried out almost all from Graham Hansen already from the first minute with two boarding schools. With Bronze’s drive behind her and Aitana’s intelligence close to her, the Norwegian tortured the Japanese Minami by constantly seeking her out in individual duels. She lacked space for a shot to reach the net; space occupied by many legs of what Roma was retreating forced by local pressure.
Alone in the middle of the field
It was played all the time in the half of the field that the Italian eleven defended, and never better said. Alessandro Spugna, the Roman coach, could not apply a plan, if he had one, deprived of any initiative from the initial kick-off. Paños chose the ball in the draw and Barça kept the ball. Paños did not touch it, however, until stopping Serturini’s second attempt. He saw the game from afar and saved specific moments.
Moments in which Roma were capable of stealing a ball and throwing it in depth to Giacinti, the brave international striker. The game situation left her alone in the division with a marker, usually Irene Paredes. Another duel of cunning and speed that the defense won.
Mapi’s foot
Mapi, the other central, of Barça had other missions. The excellent foot she wears makes her an exceptional passer. She proves it by the fact that she is the executor of the set pieces, the corners, above all. Building from behind is as easy for him as drawing a doodle on paper. To demand herself, she gives them all at one touch, and that ball comes out sweet and round from her boots. If she needs to give him strength, she’s off like a shell. Velvet or steel as appropriate.
A couple of meters from the area he saw the goal open and empty, without the smallness of the Romanian Ceasar (1.70 m.) dissuaded her from trying, and sealed the classification completely. It was entering the realm of the utopian that Roma lifted all three goals (one from the first leg) and it was already chimerical that they avoided a beating when Rolfö scored the third in added time.
In 47 and 46
In the 47th minute of the first half, Rolfö sealed his double and in the 46th minute of the game (the first of the second half), Oshoala took away all his regret of missed chances and thankless work fixing the central defenders with a candy that Aitana gave him.
The five Barca goals were rushed before Roma saved their honor with the procedure they intended: with a quick counterattack culminated by Serturini, who was able to surprise Rolfö and Mapi for an instant and took the sting out of chasing them and chasing them. to the ball that they had hidden for so long.
Data sheet
Barcelona: Cloths (5); Bronze (6), Paredes (6), Mapi (7), Rolfö (8); Aitana (7), Walsh (7), Patri (6); Graham Hansen (7), Oshoala (6), Salma (6). Coach: Jonatan Giráldez (7). Changes: Bruna (6) for Salma (m. 66); Engen (5) by Walsh (d. 66); Geyse (5) by Oshoala (d. 66); Jana (5) by Mapi (d. 74); Radish (sc) by Rolfö (d. 80).
Rome: Caesar (4); Bartoli (5), Wenninger (6), Linari (6), Minami (4); Serturini (7), Giugliano (6), Losada (5), Haavi (5); Andressa (6), Giacinti (6). Coach: Alessandro Spugna (5). Changes: Greggi (5) for Losada (m. 46); Glionna (5) by Bartoli (d. 54); Lucia (5) by Haavi (d. 54); Kramzar (4) by Giacinti (d. 73); Ciccotti (sc) by Andressa (d. 78).
Goals: 1-0 (m. 11), Rolfö; 2-0 (m. 33), Mapi ; 3-0 (m. 45+2), Rolfö; 4-0 (m. 46), Oshoala; 5-0 (m. 53), Patri; 5-1 (d. 58), Serturini.
Referee: Riem Hussein (6), German.
cards: Oshoala, Jana.
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Spectators: 54,667
The Camp Nou, with 54,667 spectators, registers the third best entry in history
The Camp Nou registered yesterday the best entry of the season in a women’s Champions League match, with the presence of 54,667 spectators. No other club has been able to gather so many fans and supporters in this course as yesterday.
It is also the third best attendance in the history of the competition. A record, both the first and the second, that belongs to Barça, which proves the roots of women’s football, which has broken all records.
Far, yes, from the 91,648 spectators who attended Barça-Wolfsburg last season in the first leg of the semifinals, surpassing the spectacular number that caused the visit of Madrid in the quarterfinals, with 91,553 fans.
Roma had broken the record number of spectators in a women’s soccer match in Italy in the first leg, attracting 39,454 people.