“It’s not just about the money, it’s about time and growth”. This is the reflection made by Pau Quesada, technician of Real Madrid, after conceding the 6-0 at Camp Nou. Barça once again demonstrated why it is a benchmark team and one we can be proud of, as Alexia Putellas described after the match. “I feel that we are all moving in the same direction: fans, team, and club”, added the captain. The blaugranes filled Camp Nou with 60,067 people, the best attendance since returning to the stadium. The attendance against Real Madrid surpassed the 56,812 spectators who had gathered ten days earlier to watch Barça - Rayo Vallecano (1-0).

Words are running out to describe this team. The Barça women's team has once again made history, both on and off the field. Pere Romeu's squad has gathered 60,067 people at the Camp Nou – an absolute record since returning to the stadium, for both men's and women's teams –, Alexia Putellas has reached 500 matches with the blaugrana jersey and, on the field, has once again thrashed – and crucified – Real Madrid, for the third time in a week. 6-0 at the end of 90 minutes in Barcelona and 12-2 on aggregate in the tie. Barça advances with a firm step to the semifinals for the eighth consecutive season and will face Bayern Munich.

“Alexia is Barça”. That is how Irene Paredes and Patri Guijarro – two of the captains – summarize Alexia Putellas. Almost 5,000 days after wearing the Barça jersey for the first time, the Mollet native has once again made history at the Camp Nou, where she has reached 500 games in the blaugrana shirt. This is yet another example of what a key player represents in the growth of the Catalan club. When Alexia debuted with Barça on August 24, 2012 – after playing for Espanyol and Levante to grow and establish herself in the First Division –, Barça had not yet played any Champions League matches, had just won their first league title – now they are on their way to their eleventh – and only had two Cups in their trophy cabinet – on May 16th, they could lift their twelfth.

The gap between Barça and Real Madrid remains evident. The Blaugrana have secured their place in the Champions League quarterfinals after a resounding 6-2 victory at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium, a result that brings back fond memories for the Catalan club in Madrid. Ewa Pajor – with a brace – Esmee Brugts, Irene Paredes, Vicky López, and Alexia Putellas sparked pandemonium in Madrid in a packed stadium. Linda Caicedo, with two goals, was the standout player for Real Madrid tonight, in a match played before more than 4,000 fans – some of them wearing Barça colors – who enjoyed a spectacular display of football, albeit not at the Santiago Bernabéu.

Barça will open Camp Nou on Thursday, April 2nd (6:45 pm) for the Women's Champions League quarter-final. Chelsea will play at Stamford Bridge; Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena; Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium; Manchester United at Old Trafford; Olympique Lyonnais at the Groupama Stadium; Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena... and Real Madrid at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium. This means that Real Madrid is the only team that will not open its main stadium for the Champions League quarter-finals. This is no surprise, as the team managed by Pau Quesada has never played at the Bernabéu since its creation in 2019, when it absorbed the modest Tacón. A year ago, midfielder Melanie Leupolz confessed on the podcast... Kicker FE:maleShe had spoken with Florentino Pérez. The German footballer explained that the Real Madrid president told the players he would open the Santiago Bernabéu stadium to the women's first team "when they win their first title."

The road to Oslo has now been defined. Barça – who save themselves the play-offs After finishing among the top four, they will face either Real Madrid or Paris FC in the quarterfinals. These two teams will play a preliminary round in February to determine Barcelona's next opponent in their quest to reclaim European glory. The first leg of the quarterfinals will be played in either Madrid or Paris.where the Blaugrana closed the first phase with another victory (0-2)The first leg will be played on March 24 or 25, while the return leg could be played on April 1 or 2 at Camp Nou, given the international break in men's football. This will be the twelfth time the Barcelona women's team has competed in this round, having qualified eight times previously.

Barça has once again proven itself to be a profitable section. Winning in Paris was almost more crucial for the club's finances than for sporting reasons, where, barring a virtually impossible combination of results, their excellent work beforehand had already practically secured their place in the quarterfinals. Be that as it may, Pere Romeu's team has done the job again, concluding a near-perfect Champions League group stage: five wins and a draw away to Chelsea. The final victory, a 2-0 win in Paris thanks to goals from Vicky López and Graham Hansen, consolidated their first-place position in Europe.

Surely while Alexia Putellas He was enjoying the European victory of the Barça men's team at the new Camp NouShe imagined playing in the Champions League quarterfinals. With today's victory against Benfica (3-1), Pere Romeu's team is now one step closer to fulfilling that dream. The Blaugrana are virtually qualified for the quarterfinals after a flawless group stage. With one match remaining in the European competition, the Catalan side has four wins and one draw, scoring eighteen goals and conceding only three.

Barça came out determined to put the ghosts of last season's Champions League behind them. With a 7-1 thrashing of Bayern Munich, who had already conceded two goals in just over ten minutes, the Blaugrana confirmed they have turned the page on the painful defeat in the Lisbon final, in which they were defeated by a superior Arsenal side. The Bundesliga champions were no match for a Barça side that came onto Johan's pitch with a focused presence. Their intense pressing and, above all, their fast and fluid ball circulation turned the Bavarians into a broken toy in the hands of the Catalans. Alexia Putellas, with a stunning goal from the edge of the box, opened the scoring in a rout that serves as a great introduction to the team in the new format of the UEFA Women's Champions League, featuring a league phase with 18 teams, of which 12 qualify after six matches.

You can't always win, and you can't always dominate. Barça was left with a sliver of courage against a great Arsenal side that knew how to read the game at every turn until delivering the final blow in the second half, just when it seemed the Catalans had already taken control of the final. It wasn't Aitana's, Alexia's, or Salma's day. The final was played in English. And the question is... what now?

A changing of the guard in the reign of European football. Only the most pessimistic could have predicted that Barça, who had reached the Champions League final on the back of a thrashing, would fall to Arsenal (1-0), a team that hadn't played a decisive title match since 2007. Barça, which boasted four Ballon d'Ors with Alexia and Aitana and reigning champions of the last two Champions Leagues, was surprised in Lisbon by an uninhibited team that played its cards well and left the Catalans with a sliver of a nose. Barça attacked more, but Arsenal were more aggressive. A painful defeat for the more than 15,000 fans who painted Lisbon blaugrana and accompanied the team to the José Alvalade Stadium, which experienced an unexpected London celebration.

Women's football doesn't interest men's football managers. That's right. Some people are shocked to see how men's league matches have been scheduled for the same time as Barça's Women's Champions League final against Arsenal in Lisbon. Quite simply: whoever is in charge doesn't care. Women's football continues to grow every year, but it does overcome obstacles. None of them are easy.

Ewa Pajor, Irene Paredes, and Claudia Pina, with a brace, reminded Chelsea that the Blaugrana are the queens of Europe. In a duel that intensified in the final minutes, Barça took a wonderful three-goal lead (4-1) to seal their qualification for the Champions League final at Stamford Bridge in a week's time. The second-half entry of Pina—the competition's top scorer—was key to catalyzing the rout.

The road has been long and arduous. Lluís Cortés' players and the entire Barça staff have made many sacrifices and efforts to be in Göteborg (Sweden). This Sunday's Champions League final (21:00, Barça TV, Tv3 and Gol), in which the blaugranas will face Chelsea at the Gamla Ullevi stadium, is the perfect scenario to redeem themselves for the painful defeat two years ago in the final in Budapest. That day was a turning point for the blaugranas and, thanks to a change of heart, tomorrow they can become European champions for the first time in their history.