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A sold-out Camp Nou was treated to a memorable capacity from Barcelona arsenic they deed six past their humiliated rivals Real Madrid and reached nan Women’s Champions League semi-finals.
The runners-up past season, Barcelona were already 6-2 up from nan first limb aft a ruthless triumph successful nan Spanish superior and they coasted done to nan past 4 successful style connected Thursday pinch an emphatic 12-2 aggregate victory, mounting up a semi-final showdown pinch nan Bundesliga leaders, Bayern Munich. The German broadside eliminated Manchester United connected Wednesday.
The Catalan outfit, who person reached 5 European finals successful a row, winning three, are successful ominously beardown shape and, connected this showing, they will return immoderate beating this term. They are seeking to spell 1 amended aft nan disappointment of losing past year’s last to Arsenal successful Lisbon.
In beforehand of a crowd of 60,067, which was a capacity attendance while nan Camp Nou undergoes renovations, Barcelona turned connected nan style consecutive from nan start. Alexia Putellas’s onslaught connected a rebound, Caroline Graham Hansen’s header, Irene Paredes’ header from a area and Ewa Pajor’s close-range decorativeness gave nan hosts a 4-0 half-time lead. The prestigious Putellas, marking her 500th quality for nan club, was thriving.
Graham Hansen skilfully dinked a changeable into nan acold corner, connected nan turn, to adhd different extremity aft nan break, earlier Esmee Brugts vanished disconnected a sublime squad move to make it 6-0 connected nan nighttime and complete Madrid’s embarrassment. They are 13 points down Barcelona astatine nan apical of nan Spanish top-flight convention array but this aggregate conclusion underlined really acold down their rivals they really are.
The first legs of nan semi-finals will beryllium played betwixt 24 and 26 April, earlier nan 2nd legs a week later betwixt 1 and 3 May. Barcelona will person location advantage successful nan 2nd leg, having been seeded for nan knockout tie aft topping nan convention shape pinch an unbeaten grounds and a +17 goal-difference from their six league-phase matches. The last is successful Oslo connected 23 May.
