The name Rosalía often takes us to the singer from Sant Esteve Sesrovires, but at Barça there is another Rosalía who is looking to make her mark among the great stars of the first team. “It has been a very special season and, above all, one of great learning,” reviews Rosalía Domínguez (Camas, 2008), one of the jewels of the academy, to ’ARA. The Andalusian midfielder – who arrived at the Catalan club in the 2024-25 season – renewed her contract a few weeks ago until 2029. She is one of the eleven players with a reserve team contract who Pere Romeu has debuted in the first team, in addition to Sydney Schertenleib, Clara Serrajordi, Aïcha Camara, Martine Fenger, Carla Julià, Ainoa Gómez, Lúa Arufe, Adriana Ranera, Laia Martret and Maria Llorella.

Barça plays this Saturday, May 23 (6:00 PM) the most important match of the season, the Champions League final in Oslo. The rival, a classic of Europe, Olympique de Lyon. The Catalan club is finalizing details for a possible celebration in Barcelona for the following day, Sunday afternoon, once the players return from Norway. It will not be a parade like the men's team did a few weeks ago, but a party with the fans in Plaza España and Avenida Maria Cristina, as ARA has learned.

Alexia Putellas, Patri Guijarro or Aitana Bonmatí. They are three examples of Spanish players who have already lifted the Champions League three times and on May 23rd they dream of repeating it for the fourth time. It seems an obligation to fight every season to be in the final of the top European competition and, even, to have to win it, but a few years ago only chosen footballers could lift the title of champions. One of these – the first Spanish woman to achieve it – was Vero Boquete (Santiago de Compostel·la, 1987), who won the Champions League with Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2014-15 season. “When I left Spain [in 2010], the league was not professional and there were very few foreigners. I was one of the first players to go abroad and earn my respect,” she explains to ARA.

Barça is now the best team in Spain after winning the Super Cup, the League, and the Cup. One more season. The Blaugranas thrashed Atlético de Madrid (3-1) to continue expanding their state hegemony with a new Copa de la Reina, the twelfth in their record. Pere Romeu's team played a very serious match from the first moment and settled the final in the first half after goals from Claudia Pina, Esmee Brugts, and Salma Paralluelo.

A serious fall by Àlex Márquez has marked an accident-plagued Catalan Grand Prix, won by Italian Fabio Di Giannantonio. The rider from Cervera, who was conscious, was evacuated by ambulance to the Hospital General de Catalunya (Sant Cugat), where a fracture in his right collarbone and C7 vertebra was detected, as communicated by his Gresini Racing team. He will undergo surgery this Sunday.

Six years ago, the life of Virginia Torrecilla (Cala Millor, 1994) changed completely. At just 25 years old, and right when she had just arrived at Atlético de Madrid, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. A very big impact – even more so in the midst of the covid pandemic – for a footballer who saw how, suddenly, she lost everything.

"I regret to inform you that I will not resign." Thus began Florentino Pérez's first press conference in 13 years. The all-powerful white president urgently summoned the media this Tuesday afternoon, but did not announce the name of the new first-team coach after two years without titles. Nor did he say he was resigning due to his advanced age. Quite the contrary: more belligerent than ever against "the bad guys," he announced elections "for the coming weeks" and challenged those Madridistas who want to dispute his position. "'Where is Florentino?' they ask. They say I don't exist, that I'm sick, that I have terminal cancer... I take this opportunity to tell the people who worry about me that I preside over Real Madrid every day and that I am in perfect health," stated the leader.

Barça culminated a historic night to remember. The 2-0 victory allows the azulgranas to conquer the 29th League in their history, the second consecutive one since Hansi Flick's arrival at the bench. The Camp Nou experienced a night full of joy in what was a party from the first moment. Rashford and Ferran Torres put the 2-0 just after the start of the match against a Real Madrid that closed a week to forget —with internal fights included— seeing how the eternal rival won (and lifted) the League right in front of their noses.

Victory and no injuries. This would be the summary of Barça's triumph at Tenerife's ground (1-3). Esmee Brugts, Kika Nazareth, and Claudia Pina overturned Gramaglia's initial goal on the day Patri Guijarro, Alexia Putellas, and Aitana Bonmatí returned to the starting lineup. A subdued match from Pere Romeu's team, but one that served to add three more points to an already won and celebrated League. Tenerife were reduced to ten players by the half-hour mark, and the blaugranas – always with competitive ambition and the desire to win – did not let them off the hook.

The Johan Cruyff became the celebration point for Barcelona fans. After the tension experienced in the tie – with a happy ending – against Bayern Munich, the blaugranas were able to celebrate the League – and qualification for the Oslo final – with their people. It was a weekday afternoon and getting to the Johan with family from Barcelona was not a simple task. Whatever the case, Pere Romeu's team did not have to make great efforts to overcome a Levante (5-0) that certified their relegation to Primera Federación (second division).

Three matches. That's what separates Barça's hockey team from their 23rd European Cup. Two years later, the Catalans will once again compete in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The 'azulgranas' will face Sporting of Portugal, in a single match, this Thursday (8 p.m.) in the final eight that will be played in Coimbra (Portugal). The 'azulgranas' have not lifted this title since the 2017-18 season. “We arrive very motivated. We are aware that it will be complicated, but it is a good opportunity to reach the semi-finals of the European Cup again and we will fight for it,” explains goalkeeper Carles Grau (Lloret de Mar, 1990) to El ARA. The Girona-born player will seek in Portugal the only title he is missing to complete an admirable record. “I have lost three Champions League finals, but at least I have been able to play them. I don't want to obsess, but if we can win the title this week, much better,” he explains.

Mapi León has decided not to accept Barça's reduced renewal offer and will bring an end to nine years of blaugrana on June 30, according to Rut Vilar in the Catalunya Ràdio podcast Fem Futbol and has been confirmed by this newspaper. The Aragonese center-back – an important piece in Pere Romeu's system – has already communicated the decision to the sports management led by Marc Vivés. Furthermore, according to the newspaper Sport, the footballer will go free to London City of magnate Michele Kang, who also wants to seduce Alexia Putellas. The English team already snatched Jana Fernández and Lucía Corrales from Barça – then paying a transfer fee – last summer.

Barça will play in another Champions League final again – the seventh in its history, the sixth consecutive one–. The Camp Nou filled up again with more than 60,000 people and Pere Romeu's team beat Bayern Munich (4-2) for the second time this season. The day after this historic feat, however, the spotlight has turned to Alexia Putellas. The player left the field emotional and rumors about the possibility of it being her last match at the Camp Nou have spread quickly. According to sources consulted by ARA, the explanation is that the tears were of relief after a week of great nervousness about what was at stake, nothing less than another European final. Winning the Champions League is always the team's priority objective. The captain has not yet decided her future, but she has always expressed her desire to continue if she considers herself to be at the highest level, they explain to this newspaper.

The dream of Oslo is now a reality. On May 23, Barça will play in a Champions League final again – the sixth consecutive, the seventh in the last eight years – after beating Bayern Munich at Camp Nou. Pere Romeu's team has shown that they also know how to compete bravely against great rivals and overcome adverse scenarios, which they are not accustomed to throughout the season. Goals from Salma Paralluelo, Ewa Pajor, and Alexia Putellas – with a brace – allow Barça to dream of their fourth Champions League (4-2). In the Oslo final, they will face Olympique Lyon, featuring former blaugranas Jonatan Giráldez and Ingrid Engen.

Barça will seek this Sunday against Bayern at the Camp Nou (16:30 h) their seventh Champions League final in the last eight years. A Blaugrana hegemony that began in January 2019 with the arrival of Lluís Cortés (Balaguer, 1986) to the Catalan bench. “I was arriving in Balaguer after more than an hour's drive from Barcelona when Markel Zubizarreta [then sporting director] called me, saying he wanted to speak with me urgently. I turned around and there he proposed if I was ready to take on the challenge of taking over the team. The first thing I did was speak with Fran Sánchez [the coach at the time, Cortés was the assistant], who told me to take it. I am very grateful to him”, recalls the current coach of the Saudi Arabian women's national team from Riyadh.

"Yes, we'll do the whole interview in Catalan. Of course," says Kika Nazareth (Lisbon, 2002), boldly. The Portuguese footballer doesn't lose energy or her contagious smile despite having participated in numerous events and interviews before a key match for Barça. On Sunday (4:30 PM, TV3), the azulgranas will play the second leg of the Champions semifinals against Bayern. She will play at the Camp Nou for the second time in her career and in her second season in Barcelona, a city she has fallen in love with, as well as Catalan culture and its language: "I play and live in Catalonia. I wanted to learn Catalan out of respect."

With only 22 years, Òscar Grau (Barcelona, 2004) has already established himself in a squad that aims to win all titles. After nine years training in the Barça youth academy, last summer he obtained his first-team contract. “I have been a Barça fan since I was little and for me it is a dream and a pride to wear these colors and this crest. I prefer to be here than anywhere else in the world. I am playing with players who a few years ago were my idols and I used to ask them for photos and autographs”, explains the Catalan from the Joan Gamper Sports City after finishing training. This Thursday (8:45 PM) the Blaugranas visit Nantes' court in the first leg of the EHF Champions League quarter-finals, the last round before returning to the final four in Cologne.

"There is no intent. Salma has very long hair, there might be a desire to stretch the shirt on Kett's part, but when the hair is long, you can stretch it a bit unintentionally. The red card is too much," said José Barcala, coach of Bayern Munich, after the match. Barça drew one all at the Allianz Arena and will play for the Champions League final next Sunday (4:30 p.m.) at Camp Nou.

Barça draws at Bayern Munich (1-1) and will have to win next Sunday (4:30 PM) at Camp Nou to be in the Champions League final in Oslo. The blaugranes took an early lead with a goal from Ewa Pajor in an imposing setting like the Allianz Arena —which acted as the 12th player—, but saw Kett —who was sent off after pulling Salma's hair— equalize the match in the second half.

Mariona Caldentey, Jana Fernández, Laia Codina, Lucía Corrales… These are just a few names of footballers who in recent years have swapped Barça for England. A phenomenon that is becoming increasingly frequent among Spanish female footballers. The conditions and opportunities in the Women’s Super League (WSL) – the name given to the English top division – are becoming increasingly attractive for players, who decide to embark on a new adventure in search of more competitive projects.