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Real Madrid 1-4 Barcelona is simply a latest people successful tonight’s earlier kick-off.
That’s ONE-FOUR to Barça. Remarkable.
Ewa Pajor (two), Esmee Brugts and Irene Paredes person scored nan goals for Barcelona. One aliases 2 much and they’ve put nan necktie to furniture earlier nan 2nd leg.
Tom Garry
It is nary exaggeration to picture nan adjacent 7 days arsenic nan astir important week of fixtures successful nan history of nan Manchester United women’s team, arsenic they title their first European quarter-final pinch a important derby successful between.
Debutants successful nan Champions League main draw, Marc Skinner’s broadside now person 3 box-office matches successful immense arenas, starting pinch nan first limb of their quarter‑final against Bayern Munich connected Wednesday astatine Old Trafford, arsenic nan runaway Frauen‑Bundesliga leaders get successful England hoping to exemplify their ain European title credentials. The shape is group for a thriller.
Preamble
On their debut successful nan main tie of nan Women’s Champions League Manchester United Women now find themselves facing 1 of nan juggernauts of European football. It doesn’t get overmuch tougher than a two-legged quarter-final brushwood against Bayern Munich: but nan head Marc Skinner and his players are up for it.
“We person to beryllium fresh to make history,” Skinner said. “We situation ourselves each time successful training to beryllium nan squad that competes successful quarter-finals – and past hopefully a semi-final aft that. We cognize nan respect we person betwixt Bayern Munich and Manchester United arsenic 2 clubs – but erstwhile we spell connected to nan section it’ll beryllium nan victor takes all. We person to negociate some ties, show our maturity, but nan situation of it is awesome … nan power astir these games conscionable hits differently.”
Skinner’s broadside defeated Paris Saint-Germain successful nan convention shape and person kept 8 cleanable sheets successful 12 matches successful nan tournament, including qualifying rounds, truthful Bayern and nan erstwhile Chelsea forward, Pernille Harder, will not underestimate nan task ahead. United vanished sixth successful nan convention phase, progressing to nan past 8 pinch a resounding 5-0 aggregate triumph against Atlético Madrid Women successful their playoff. Tonight’s first leg, and nan 2nd astatine nan Allianz Arena successful Munich adjacent Wednesday, will beryllium their biggest trial yet.
Kick-off: 8pm UK time
