When on July 5, 2022, Alexia Putellas tore her anterior cruciate ligament in a training session prior to the European Championship, her life changed completely. "I felt very sad, because that Alexia was ending and there would be another, I didn't know if better or worse, but another one." That is how the player from Mollet del Vallès described that fateful injury, one of the worst a footballer can suffer, just when she had won her second Ballon d'Or.

Barça and Real Madrid will face each other this Sunday night at Camp Nou (21:00, DAZN). Fate has willed that Lamine Yamal's first Clásico at Camp Nou coincides with the return of José Mourinho as the white team's manager to a stadium where he received an unforgettable 5-0 defeat in the culé memory and where he engaged in absolutely lamentable outbursts. The Portuguese coach, who will return to the blaugrana stronghold thirteen years later, will have the last-minute absence of Thibaut Courtois, who is suffering from the flu. The Ukrainian goalkeeper Illia Voloshyn has been called up to the squad in place of the Belgian. Another Ukrainian, Andriy Lunin, will start the match, despite Courtois having tried to be there until the last moment.

Barça sweated hard to secure a new victory in Liga F. The 'blaugranes', who encountered a defensive wall in front of them, had to wait until the second half to find the imbalance from Caroline Graham Hansen, who generated all three goals and led Pere Romeu's team in the triumph against Granada (3-0).

When Clara Serrajordi (Llinars del Vallès, 2007) was told she was nominated for the Kopa Trophy, her reaction was spontaneous and natural. "Was it today?", said the young midfielder, surprised by the news. A response that shows what the blaugrana is like in her day-to-day life. "She is a person who experiences everything with great calm, serenity, and a cool head, with great normality", they explain from her inner circle. In one year, Serrajordi has gone from playing with the Barça reserve team to being a starter in a Champions League final against Olympique Lyonnais (4-0). In fact, the Catalan became the youngest player in the club [counting men's and women's teams] to start in a Champions League final. She did it at 18 years and 167 days old.

350 days later, Barça returned to Zubieta, the scene of the last official match defeat for the Barcelona side. That November 2, 2025, Pere Romeu's team fell 1-0 to Real Sociedad. Almost a year later, the Basque side became their nemesis once again. Pere Romeu's players, who went into the international break with the best possible feelings, lost 2-1, including refereeing controversy.

Sydney Schertenleib (Zurich, 2007) is the big name of this start of the season for Barça. The Swiss footballer has taken the step forward that Pere Romeu demanded so much and has taken advantage of the injury absences to consolidate her place in the starting eleven. She has been a starter in the eight matches that the 'blaugranes' have played so far, the last one in the 'Clásico' against Real Madrid at the Camp Nou, with a goal included (7-0). "When you shoot you don't think much, you just do it," she confessed after the duel.

Former Barça president Joan Gaspart has strongly attacked Leo Messi. "He is indisputably the best player in the world, but he must not forget that Barça is above him," he said on the podcast Only for Cules.

There is no contest. This is the feeling with which the 40,533 people present at the Camp Nou went home. Neither the torrential rains, nor the hurricane, nor the absences the team of Pere Romeu had –Laia Aleixandri, Kika Nazareth and Vicky López–, nor the improvement in the Real Madrid squad. Nothing could prevent another rout by the 'blaugranes' against their eternal rival (7-0), the biggest difference in a Barça-Madrid so far.

There are matches that are marked on the calendar in red, and this Sunday's is one of them. The Barça women's team returns to the Camp Nou to host Real Madrid (19:00 hours, DAZN), but is keeping an eye on the sky due to the risk of storms in Catalonia. The match, which was supposed to be played at 17:00 hours, has been postponed for two hours due to the forecast of extreme rain and the risk of flooding. The blue and red club had asked the League for the postponement, which it finally ended up granting. The Catalan entity reminds that one can access the stadium with small, foldable umbrellas, while long and rigid umbrellas are not permitted in accordance with current safety regulations.

Barça Women mean business this season. After an intense summer in which they pushed until the month of June to secure the continuity of some important pieces, the Catalan club has the renewal of Esmee Brugts on track and is advancing on that of Ewa Pajor. The desire of both players to continue wearing the blue and garnet has been a fundamental part in allowing the negotiations to take place months in advance.

Two matches, two victories. Barça does not forgive in Rome and will arrive at Sunday's classic at the Camp Nou (17:00, DAZN) after another triumph, the seventh of the season (0-6). Graham Hansen once again put on a show in the eternal city—as Rome is known for the large number of historical monuments it has—and once again demonstrated why she continues to be one of the most destabilizing footballers of the present day.

"We have had a difficult initial stretch of the season, despite winning the matches. Through our play, we try to be superior and generate more than our opponent, but there are duels in which the score is opened or settled through set pieces," assessed Pere Romeu in the preview of the duel at Roma's ground corresponding to the second matchday of the Champions League group stage (18:45, TV3). "For me, it is very important because we are a team that attacks a lot and, therefore, we have more options to generate danger through set-piece plays. We have convinced the team to see it as an opportunity," defended the coach.

“Espanyol is a great ship that must always be brought to a safe harbor. There is a quote by Socrates that says there is no favorable wind for those who have no destination port. We are very clear about where we want to go and our guidelines: providing opportunities for female talent, training players, and the first team, which is the mirror that gives us the most visibility.” Dolors Ribalta (Mafet, Agramunt, 1977) has been the director of women's football at Espanyol for four years.

Barça delivers in Logroño and returns from Las Gaunas with three more points (0-2). The goals from Mayssa Baha, who debuts as a goalscorer, and Patri Guijarro, with a chip from the edge of the area, give the victory to the blaugranes. Pere Romeu made many changes to the starting eleven to distribute minutes and give rest to the players with the heaviest workload, and Aitana Bonmatí returned to play after almost four months.

Barça kicked off a new edition of the Women's Champions League on Wednesday with a rout of Paris FC (5-2). The Blaugranes, who play this Saturday at Logroño's field (16:30, TV3), are the main favorites for the European throne, but they continue to represent an oasis in the rest of the Spanish state. The Liga F began its fifth season as a professional competition just last August. Since then, growth has been exponential, but there is still a long way to go.

The Champions League returned to the Johan Cruyff stadium and it did so with another rout by Barça against Paris FC (5-2). Four months after thatMay 23, when the blue and reds touched the sky in Oslo, Barça began their path towards the fifth Champions League in the club's history. The goal is clear: to be in the final that will be played in Warsaw on May 28, 29, or 30. With a renewed team –Alexia Putellas will not play in the top European club competition for the first time in fifteen years–, the Catalans once again dominated on the pitch and on the scoreboard.

Laia Aleixandri, Renee Van Asten, Aitana Bonmatí, Kika Nazareth, Vicky López, Aïcha Camara and Carla Julià. These are the seven absences that Pere Romeu will have for the debut in the Champions League at the Johan Cruyff stadium against Paris FC this Wednesday (9:00 p.m., Disney+). The coach from Bonanova will have to juggle again to present a starting eleven with guarantees at the beginning of the path that must take Barça to the Warsaw final, scheduled for May 28, 29 or 30.

This Tuesday begins a new edition of the Women's Champions League. The competition, which started with the qualifying round, begins the league with 18 teams that will fight to be in the Warsaw final at the end of May. Barça, one of the main favorites, will debut on Wednesday against Paris FC (9 PM, Disney+), and the other team from the State, Real Madrid, will do so this Tuesday against PSG (9 PM, Esport3).

Real Madrid has lost the derby against Atlético de Madrid (2-1) and is now six points behind Barça. The whites played the entire second half with ten players due to the expulsion of Huijsen, who committed a penalty on Giuliano Simeone. José Mourinho, however, complained about two red cards that Atlético de Madrid players did not receive. "The story of the match is here, these are two clear red cards," said the Portuguese coach at the beginning of the press conference while showing a paper on which two actions of the match could be seen. The Real Madrid coach protested about two tackles; one by Kang-in Lee and a second one by Cuti Romero on Bellingham, in which Ortiz Arias showed a yellow card to the Argentine center-back after reviewing the play on VAR due to a case of mistaken identity.

Only seven matchdays of the League have been played, but Barça already has a six-point lead over Real Madrid. While Hansi Flick's side wins, enjoys itself, and convinces on the pitch –on Saturday with a new triumph at Sevilla's ground (1-3)–, José Mourinho cannot seem to find the key to making a team play that has a lot of quality, but does not know how to translate it into the game. On Sunday, they fell at the Metropolitano and suffered their second defeat in the League. Atlético de Madrid took advantage of a penalty and a sending off of Huijsen to take the lead on the scoreboard, and the final 2-1 could have been wider if Courtois and Rüdiger had not prevented it.