Leading 3-1 from the first game and under the auspices of a partisan Nou Camp, the reigning champions won 5-2 at night and 8-3 overall to create a meeting in the last four with either Arsenal or Wolfsburg . Picture: Barcelona set a new attendance record of 91,553 female fans at the Nou Camp The previous highest attendance at a women’s club match was in 2019, when 60,739 people saw Barça beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 at Wanda Metropolitano. The previous Champions League record was 50,212 for a match between Lyon and Frankfurt in Munich in 2012. Picture: Barcelona players celebrate at the last whistle The crowd on Wednesday afternoon at Europe’s biggest stadium also broke the spectator record at an international women’s event, when 80,203 fans watched the United States secure gold at the Olympics, beating Japan 2-1 at Wembley in London. 2012. “I have no words to describe it,” said Ballon dor winner Alexia Putelas. “It was super magical. The game was over and the fans did not want to leave. It was unbelievable.” Picture: Real Madrid face Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League in front of 91,553 fans at the Nou Camp It was the first time that the Barcelona women’s team played a match at the Camp Nou in front of fans. They had played on the field in the past but behind closed doors due to restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: The Nou Camp was packed with 91,553 fans to watch Barcelona beat Real Madrid The team usually plays its matches at the much smaller Johan Cruyff Stadium, which seats about 6,000 fans. The Camp Nou – which had a mosaic throughout the stadium with the words “More than Empowerment” in the seats – has a capacity of 99,000 people. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Anton Toloui goes behind the scenes at Barcelona’s famous La Masia youth academy Real threatened to spoil the game for a while after Olga Carmona’s penalty and a good shot by Claudia Zornoza preceded it with 2-1 the night after the first game of Mapi Leon. But Barcelona should not have been deprived of the rights of El Clasico on a historic night and now they have won all seven meetings with their great opponent. Picture: Aitana Bonmati celebrates after Barcelona’s goal The goals in the second half by Aitana Bonmati, Claudia Pina, Golden Ball holder Alexia Putellas and Caroline Hansen sent them comfortably. They will find out their semi-final rivals on Thursday as 2007 winners Arsenal travel to the Volkswagen Arena to face Wolfsburg 1-1 after last week’s first game.
PSG excludes Bayern after the drama of extra time
Ramona Bachmann’s overtime strike sent PSG to the Champions League semi-finals after knocking out Bayern Munich, winning 4-3 overall. The teams played 120 minutes at the Parc des Princes and could not be separated until Bachmann settled the game after coming off the bench to score the winning goal. PSG’s Sandy Baltimore scored the opening goal in the 17th minute only to equalize with Bayern defender Saki Kumagai less than two minutes later as the German side showed great consistency to watch the hosts. Klara Bühl grabbed Bayern, which deserved the lead after the break, when it was cut from the left and shot at home. As neither team found a winner in regular time, it was up to Bachmann in overtime to score the crucial winning goal.
