“It was a great game, the people enjoyed it and we are very happy with the result because it opens the door for us to go to the final but there is another game left, at their ground, where they have already beaten Chelsea 4-0 or 6-0 Bayern, and the tie is not resolved, although it is on track”. In this way, the Barça coach, Jonathan Giraldezsummed up his feelings after the Barça display that brought the team closer to Turin and the party at the Camp Nou with another world record for attendance at a women’s football match.
The coach from Vigo, who acknowledged that “these are surely the best first 45 minutes I’ve experienced due to the level of the rival and the game it was”, also pointed out that “one of the keys was to go out well to engage people, because if level of play and attitude we gave the best version, the people would help us to push and the three clear chances in 5 minutes have helped us and this also affects the rival”. Regarding the record, he explained that “it has been brutal, I love to compete and it was a challenge to try to beat this record and the atmosphere has been unbeatable”.
Giráldez pointed out that “we knew their strengths and weaknesses and that dragging their defenses would help us second-line players, like Crnogorcevic who has had depth and has done a job for what the team needed” and did not hesitate to highlight the “superiority with and no ball.
Despite the words of the rival coach, who said that “it is not realistic” to think of being able to come back from the tie, Giráldez stated that this “doesn’t change our preparation for the second leg and we will do the same, work to enhance what we have done well and also improve things. If you think we can already buy the tickets for the final, we have 90 minutes left and we want to go to Germany also to win.
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