The Italian team is the leader of Serie A, stood up to Wolfsburg in a great league and has been reinforced with the ex-Barcelona in the winter market
It is their first participation in the European competition and the first time that both teams face each other
Unbeatable draw, the one that was held this Friday in Nyon, for FC Barcelona on its way to Eindhoven. The Catalan team will face Roma in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Women’s Champions League and, if they qualify, the winner of the match between Lyon and Chelsea. In both qualifiers, the return will be at home, in principle, at the Spotify Camp Nou.
revelation team
This is the first time that Barça and Roma have met. In fact, it is the first participation of the Italian team in the Champions League. And although apparently it is the most affordable rival of the three possible ones that could touch the Catalans -they avoid, thus, Lyon and PSG in the quarterfinals- it is not worth giving up. It has undoubtedly been the revelation team in the group stage and in Serie A, of which, for now, it is the leader.
In the Italian league, the Roman team has so far added 42 out of 48 possible points, with 39 goals for and 10 against. And it has an eight lead over Juventus, current champion and second ranked. And in the European competition, despite the fact that the road to be in the group stage was not easy -they had to come from behind to beat Slavia Prague and St. Pölten- Roma stood up to Wolfsburg in the league and managed to tie them at home to add 13 points.
The return of Vicky Losada and Andressa Alves
It will be a tie with added value especially for two players: Vicky Losada and andressa alves. If there is no setback, the two ex-Barça players will be able to debut at the Camp Nou. The Catalan, a luxury addition to Roma in the winter market, was unable to play in the game behind closed doors against Espanyol in January 2021, isolated by Covid. And that summer he signed for City.
The Brazilian, for her part, signed for the Italian team after completing a three-season spell in Barcelona, playing in the first Champions League final for Barça in Budapest. The first leg will be played on March 21 or 22 and the return, on the 29 or 30 of the same month.
Lyon or Chelsea, in a possible semifinal
If it passes, Barça would face the winner of the tie between Olympique de Lyon and Chelsea in a possible semifinal. A game whoever it is.
If it’s the French ones, the ones from Jonatan Giraldez they could get the shin out of Budapest and Turin and they would have a new opportunity to win them for the first time and in a Spotify Camp Nou that could once again break attendance records. The ‘blues’, for their part, have been strengthened since the final in Göteborg and will look for the ‘vendetta’.