BARCELONA, 10 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
FC Barcelona Femenino will face the Roma of its former captain Vicky Losada in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Champions League, after the draw that took place this Friday at the UEFA headquarters that left Lyon-Chelsea as another of the crosses to take into account, and from which Barça’s possible rival would come out in the semifinals.
Roma makes its debut in this women’s ‘Champions’ but it will not be an easy rival for Barça. The Italians, despite this lack of experience as a team, have in their ranks the flashy signing of Vicky Losada, who was captain of Barça and who raised the first ‘Champions’ for the blaugrana.
The ceremony was led by former German soccer player Nadine Kessler, now UEFA women’s football director, whose headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) hosted the draw for the quarterfinals and semifinals of this women’s ‘Champions’. She had the help of the former player and ambassador of this edition, the English Ellen White.
In the semifinals, the winner of the PSG-Wolfsbrugo quarterfinal crossover will face the winner of the Bayern-Arsenal crossover, while the winner of the duel between Lyon and Chelsea would face the winner of the quarterfinals between Roma and Barça in the semifinals. with a possible reissue of last year’s final between Galas and Catalans.
The first legs of the quarterfinals will be played on March 21 and 22, with the return of the qualifiers between the 29 and 30 of the same month. Regarding the ‘semis’, the first leg will be played on April 22 and 23 and the return on the 29 and 30 of the same month. The final, at the PSV Stadion in Eindhoven (Netherlands), will be on June 3.
— DRAW FOR THE QUARTER-FINAL FEMALE ‘CHAMPIONS’.
Bayern Munich (ALE) – Arsenal (ENG).
Lyon (FRA) – Chelsea (ING).
Roma (ITA) – FC BARCELONA (ESP).
PSG (FRA) – Wolfsburg (ALE).