The Champions League gives Barça a new opportunity to show who's boss
Barcelona will face Real Madrid or Paris in what could be their return to Camp Nou.
BarcelonaThe 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 take place on the weekend of April 1 and 2 at Camp Nou, given the international break for the men's league. This will be the twelfth time the Barcelona women's team has competed in this round, having qualified eight times previously.
![Graham Hansen in action on the field for Paris FC in the Women's Champions League](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 9"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Finishing first in the league also allows them to avoid Olympique Lyonnais, the runners-up, until the final on Saturday, May 23. The Blaugrana also avoid Arsenal, their conquerors in Lisbon, and Chelsea, who had faced Barça in the last three semifinals. However, Pere Romeu's team could potentially face Bayern Munich – whom they thrashed 7-1 in their first European match of the season – Fridolina Rolfö (at Manchester United), or Atlético Madrid in the semifinals. The first leg of this second round for the Catalan side would be on April 25-26, and the return leg on May 2-3, with the option of playing at Camp Nou, as the men's team will be playing away at Osasuna.
Good memories of the last Barça-Madrid match in Europe
This wouldn't be the first time Barcelona and Real Madrid have faced each other in the Champions League. In the 2021-22 season, the team managed by Jonatan Giráldez eliminated Real Madrid with a resounding 8-3 aggregate score on March 30th, a historic day as Camp Nou broke the attendance record for a women's football match with 91,553 people. This figure was surpassed again weeks later against Wolfsburg, when the Camp Nou drew 91,648 spectators, the current record.
