FC Barcelona Femenino begins its journey in this new edition of the Champions League away from home. He does it in England, in Manchester, against Gareth Taylor’s City and what is right now one of the strongest rivals in the English league. Pere Romeu’s team will be the last Spanish team to play the first minutes of the season in Europe after Atlético de Madrid did so in the first qualifying round and Real Madrid did so in the second.
Both teams faced each other in the 20/21 season, being the only precedent to date, and it helped Barça get into the semifinals. of the European competition that it later ended up winning for the first time in its history. In the first leg, the culé team won 3-0 with goals from Jenni Hermoso, Mariona Caldentey and Asisat Oshoala and Sandra Paños saved a penalty from Chloe Kelly that left the goal clean. Furthermore, the first match was played in Monza, at the Brianteo Stadium, due to Covid-19 restrictions.
In the second leg the culé team fell 2-1. City took the lead with a goal from Janine Beckie in the 20th minute, but a goal from Oshoala gave some peace of mind to the team, which ended up falling but moving to the semifinal due to the overall result. Since then, Manchester City had failed to qualify to play in the current format of the Champions League with a group stage and, with their passage, it will be the first time that there are three English teams in the fight for the trophy.
Manchester City – Barça Women’s Champions League schedule
Manchester City will host Barça this Tuesday, October 9 at 9:00 p.m. In addition, the English team announced through their social networks that they did not have any more tickets for the match that will be played at the Joie Stadium, where City usually plays their games. Gareth Taylor’s team are momentarily first in the league after playing this weekend against West Ham and picking up three points, winning 2-0.
At the moment, Chelsea remains second with one game less after the one they had scheduled for last Sunday was postponed to preserve the health of the players. having to compete two days later in the Champions League against Real Madrid. This made City rise to first position, with one point and one more game, and also caused anger in the blue squad, as Sonia Bompastor said in the Champions League preview: “Not having the opportunity to play this weekend week everything changed for the game against Real Madrid. Now we have been out of competition for ten days, which is completely different.”
Where to watch Manchester City – Barça Women’s Champions League
The match can be followed on the DAZN platform. For players like Alex Greenwood, who was the protagonist in the press conference prior to the match, the match against Barça will mean facing the best team in the world currently. “I have no doubt about it,” she responded when asked about it. In addition, he also looked back and confessed that the team has changed since they met three seasons ago. “We are in a competition to which we have a right. In the last two years we have fallen behind and we have felt frustrated by it, but we have made a great effort to be in this position and we look forward to it,” he clarified when talking about the team’s return to Europe.
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