More than 55 years ago, a group of pioneering women made history by defying the society of that time. On December 25, 1970—still under Franco's dictatorship—Barça Women played their first match at Camp Nou. Imma Cabecerán was one of those responsible after meeting with the then-president of Barça, Agustí Montal i Costa. "If you bring me 15 girls, go ahead," was the response from the top Barça official. And so it was done. Through an advertisement in the newspaper, many women called to join the project. "They told us to meet at the Barcelona sports complex, where the Miniestadi used to be. After a month of training on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the day arrived to play at Camp Nou," explains Lolita Ortiz (Barcelona, ​​1944), one of the pioneers who is currently part of the Barça Women's Players Association.

Alba Caño was born in 2003 in Puiggròs, a tiny village in Les Garrigues, where a deep passion for football grew from a very young age. She learned to play at the Les Garrigues Football School, later played for a few seasons with AEM Lleida, and at just fifteen years old, joined Barça, where she even played for the first team in the last two seasons. But to gain the playing time that the Barça stars weren't giving her, she decided to radically change teams. Since January, she has been a midfielder for Boston Legacy FC, a newly formed team in the American professional league (the NWSL)

Barça is not the only team struggling to start the competition at its stadium.Starting this season, a natural grass pitch is required for playing in the Liga F. This problem forced Badalona Women (Levant Badalona last season) to travel to Palamós to play their matches. The work on the Badalona Municipal Stadium, which the club claims should have been completed this summer, has not begun, and the only solution to continue in the First Division has been to temporarily relocate the stadium.

The economic situation with the fair play Barça's overstretched budget affects all of the club's professional teams, and the women's team, despite being the only one making a profit, has not been exempt from the cuts either. Not having won the Champions League also affects its budget. As of next Monday, July 28, Pere Romeu currently has only 18 players at his disposal, in addition to the reserve team players who will participate in preseason. The purchase price and a percentage of the capital gain (profit that Everton may obtain) from a future sale.

The Women's Euro Cup kicks off this Thursday with Iceland vs. Finland (6 p.m.). Sixteen teams will battle it out to face Finland in the final on July 27th at Sankt Jakob-Park in Basel, with Spain one of the main contenders for the title. Montse Tomé's team will be looking to lift the only trophy they have yet to win after winning the Nations League and the World Cup. England and France are the other two big names to watch.

The Versailles Regional Police have arrested PSG player Aminata Diallo as the alleged organiser of the serious attack suffered by her teammate Kheira Hamraoui last Thursday. Diallo allegedly hired two thugs to assault the former Barça player on her way home from a dinner with the squad. Hamraoui suffered serious injuries that forced her to be admitted to Poissy hospital, where she received stitches on her hands and legs.