The Barça suffered more than necessary but left the pass to the semifinals of the Champions League femenina. The azulgrana were surprised with an initial goal from an uninhibited and more intense Madrid, the work of Olgaand they didn’t turn it around until the second half. Alexiawhen converting a revised penalty from the VAR, and Claudia Pinawho entered the break, were in charge of completing the comeback and the captain herself extended the advantage in the addition.
It seemed that Giráldez’s team was getting stuck again Real Madrid outside the Johan Cruyff as it happened in the Super Cup. Despite a start in which the azulgrana, who also played with the ‘senyera’ in Valdebebas, had come out to bite, the one who first sank their teeth was Alberto Toril’s team. In a transition where he caught Barça’s defense out of place, Esther held on the front to enter Olga Carmona, who took advantage of the lane left by Torrejón. The forward of the merengue team, who yesterday played in black at home, had time to adjust the ball to cross it against Paños and open the scoring after 8 minutes.
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A goal that left Barça touched. The azulgrana were not comfortable in the first half in which Madrid, pushed by a crowd that almost filled the Alfredo Di Stéfano, played without complexes and looking into the eyes of the current champions of everything. In fact, those of Giráldez were not tested Misa until minute 25, when Patri Guijarro loaded his leg from the front. The Madrid goalkeeper, who is used to showing off against the Catalans, blocked down.
It seemed that the Barça He was beginning to react and Jenni Hermoso, in the next action, had a header that just missed. It was the best opportunity of the first half, where the Barcelona They did not know how to overcome a good Madrid team that could even go into the break with a greater advantage. Esther, after receiving near the right vertex of the area, turned around and shot at the crosshead when Paños already seemed beaten.
Giráldez tried to shake up his team at halftime. He left Leila, who had been booked, in the locker room, and Pina entered to pass Rolfo to the left side.
VAR penalty to draw
And Barça took five minutes to equalize the clash. It was thanks to a controversial penalty that the referee had to go look after being notified by the VAR. TO Misa the ball escaped him and Olga Carmona brought down Hansen. the finnish Lina Lehtovaara He pointed to it after reviewing it on the screen and Alexiawith all the calm in the world, was in charge of transforming it.
The goal made react to Barça, although he still did not have the game under control. Paños gave a ball to Esther who shot high and Pina responded after a good action by Rolfo on the left. The shot from the quarry also went over the crossbar.
But it wasn’t the best day for the Catalans, who still couldn’t find the formula to overcome the web designed by Toril. As the minutes passed, the Madrid He suffered from physical wear and tear and the blaugranas got closer to the Misa area, especially in the last quarter of an hour of play, but without risking too much so as not to be surprised by some Madrid counterattack, the locals’ best weapon.
Aitana warned with a high shot, but it was Pina, ten from the end, who ended up knocking down the wall. The youth team, who celebrated the goal by kissing the shield, caught a dead shot at the penalty spot after a shot by Aitana blocked by the merengue defense and crossed it far from Misa’s reach.
In fact, the Madrid goalkeeper put up her fist at the last moment to deflect a bounced ball that had been poisoned. But in addition she couldn’t do anything when she came face to face with Alexia. The best player in the world poked the ball over her and scored the 1-3 that left the tie on track.
The Barça He knew how to suffer but he ended up taking the match and practically, except for a major surprise, he certified the pass to the semifinals. He will have to seal it next Wednesday at the Camp Nou, in a match for which there are no tickets left.
DATASHEET:
REAL MADRID, 1: Mass; Lucía Rodríguez (Kenti, 78′), Peter, Rocío (Ivana, 66′), Svava; Teresa Abelleria, Zornoza; Athenea, Maite Oroz (Nahikare, 78′), Olga Carmona (Moller, 66′) ; Esther.
FC BARCELONA, 3: Cloths; Marta Torrejón, Pereira (Paredes, 65′), Mapi León, Leila (Pina 46′); Aitana, Patri Guijarro, Alexia; Graham Hansen, Jenni Hermoso, Rolfo.
Goals: 1-0, Carmona, 8′; 1-1, Alexia, from a penalty, 60′; 1-2, Claudia Pina, 80′; 1-3, Alexia, 93′.
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland). She booked Olga Carmona (36′), Teresa (69′) and Esther (85′), from Real Madrid, and Aitana (30′) and Leila (35′) from Barcelona.
Spectators: 3,318 at the Alfredo Di Stéfano.