Half-time: Barcelona 4-0 Wolfsburg
That was devastating from Barcelona, and so they went from the beginning, blowing Wolfsburg away with their velocity of assault, the deluge began by these strikes from Bonmatí and Graham Hansen.
44 min: Barcelona trying to make it 5 as they push on for one more. Wolfsburg clinging on for expensive life.
42 min: Jonatan Giráldez, the Barcelona coach, appears irritated about one thing. Who is aware of what, since his group are striding to victory on this tie, and doubtless this competitors.
40 min: That is devastating, and Wolfsburg look shell-shocked. They’ve been picked aside at will by Barcelona who are actually queueing as much as rating.
Aim! Barcelona 4-0 Wolfsburg (Putellas, 38)
The captain surges on from midfield, and beats the offside entice to fit in, the ball bouncing off Schult and into the online.
36 min: That is getting merciless on Wolfsburg, who haven’t been in a position to deal with something that’s been thrown at them. They haven’t even performed that badly.
Aim! Barcelona 3-0 Wolfsburg (Hermoso, 33)
Too simple, and Hermoso, coming off the flank, cuts in from the appropriate and scores. This tie is finished, nearly.
30 min: Some reader interplay:
First up, Adam: “I hope you’re properly! I do know it’s not precisely a brand new piece of research, however I nonetheless assume it bears repeating: bloody hell Barcelona are good. Clearly well-coached and with well-formed relationships on the pitch. A pleasure to observe. Take care and luxuriate in!”
And Charles Antaki: “Ten minutes in, and I feel I’ve seen about three sq. or backwards passes from Barcelona. They in all probability assume that’s too many, as properly.”
28 min: Wasted free-kick from Wolfsburg. As an alternative of placing Barcelona below, the ball is pumped into the stands.
26 min: Barcelona doing loads of resting on the ball, the tempo is absolutely inside their management.
24 min: Barcelona’s probability rely already scary, although Wolfsburg have had 4 photographs on objective to Barca’s eight up to now. And the steadiness of possession is 54/46 % whereas Barca are a lot extra harmful.
22 min: Rolfo once more finds a great deal of area however Crnogorcevic can’t attain the ball on the reverse put up. Then Guijarro steps up from midfield to smash over.
20 min: Rolfo, down the flank, is inflicting enormous issues down the left. There’s a break in play as Schult, the Wolfsburg keeper receives remedy. There’s a huddle of lime inexperienced shirts on the sidelines as they attempt to give you a fast plan to cease the deluge.
18 min: Barcelona sitting an additional deeper, lending their attackers larger area to launch these lethal counters with.
16 min: In fact, Barcelona go down the opposite finish and practically rating as Graham Hansen is robbed simply as she formed to fit residence.
14 min: Nicely. Barcelona having to do some critical defending. Huth all of a sudden finds herself in area, and appears to have an open internet. Throughout comes Paredes to quell the hazard after which Paños makes the save. There are celebrations between defender and goalkeeper as soon as the ball is cleared.
12 min: The reality is that there is no such thing as a extra unstoppable group in soccer than Barcelona’s girls’s group. They’re phenomenal.
Aim! Barcelona 2-0 Wolfsburg (Graham Hansen, 10)
Barcelona resolve to take the sting out of their opponent by passing the ball round after which Graham Hansen units off with actual tempo and energy, then checks again within the field and switches ft from proper to left to smash residence. Nice objective however is that this tie already misplaced?
7 min: Wolfsburg on the assault with Jonsdottir, Huth and Popp concerned. Barca get it clear after a short while however at the very least Wolfburg’s defence isn’t being examined whereas they’re on the assault.
6 min: Shut! Once more! Crnogorcevic given a lot area within the Wolfsburg field and shoots broad. It counts as a nasty miss however Barcelona will certainly get one other probability quickly sufficient.
4 min: Wolfsburg have been caught chilly however Barcelona have additionally been extremely direct, an an strategy you wouldn’t affiliate with the membership. Rolfo this time cuts in from the flank and thwacks a shot broad. The probabilities stacking up already.
Aim! Barcelona 1-0 Wolfsburg (Bonmatí, 3)
Lengthy ball excessive and Bonmatí holds off Janssen and strokes calmly into the objective. Solely three minutes of play however it had already been coming.
1 min: Barcelona get us underway as they chase a primary ever win over Wolfsburg. They begin with one hell of a jolt as Putellas cuts in from the appropriate and shoots on objective. The ball is claimed on the second time of asking however that was a warning signal for the German group.
The handshakes are carried out because the noise rings out from the stands. Wolfsburg’s lime inexperienced kits make them unmissable, nearly.
Appears to be a breeze within the Barcelona air because the sound of Weapons N’ Roses rings out. Candy Youngster O’ Mine, versus Deep Purple’s Youngster In Time, the place Ian Gillan’s vocal histrionics probably outdo Waxl Rose…anyway, on the with present and the Barca anthem.
The groups have been by means of their warmups and the Camp Nou is filling proper up. What we do know is the victors of this tie will probably be dealing with a French group within the last. PSG tackle Lyon within the different semi on Sunday.
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PSG beat Däbritz’s former group, Bayern Munich, within the quarter-finals and are actually trying to attain the membership’s first Champions League last since 2017. Däbritz believes there’s a actual love for soccer in Paris with the ladies’s group taking part in a few of their video games at Parc des Princes. “It’s already the third sport at Parc des Princes and it’s at all times round 20,000 followers there. It’s simply superb. I feel we’ve got one of the best supporters in all of Europe. We’re pleased with having them supporting us.”
Three modifications to the German group from the weekend’s cup defeat of Bayern, Wedemeyer, Popp and Ladies’s Champions League main scorer Tabea Wassmuth slot are available in.
For all their present dominance, Barcelona have by no means overwhelmed Wolfsburg within the girls’s sport. They make 4 modifications from the weekend’s 2-0 victory over Valencia with María León, Graham Hansen, Putellas and Guijarro (pictured) all coming in. Graham Hansen had a tremendous sport towards Actual Madrid.
It’s hotting up in Catalunya, and a repeat of the noise and color of the Actual Madrid sport appears doubtless.
𝙊𝙝 𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚
𝙊𝙝 𝙡𝙖 𝙡𝙖
𝙎𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙘̧𝙖 𝙚́𝙨
𝙀𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙝𝙞 𝙝𝙖🔵🔴 #BarçaWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/qFZNJlErox
— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) April 22, 2022
Listed below are the groups
Barcelona: Paños, Torrejón, Paredes, León, Rolfö, Bonmatí, Guijarro Gutiérrez, Putellas, Hansen, Hermoso, Crnogorcevic. Subs: Serrano, Pina, Caldentey Oliver, Ouahabi, Pereira, Oshoala, Engen, Font, Pérez, Muñoz
Wolfsburg: Schulz, Wedemeyer, Hendrich, Janssen, Rauch, Lattwein, Roord, Jónsdóttir, Huth, Popp, Waßmuth. Subs: Wilms, Bremer, Blässe, Kassen, Starke, Pajor, Smits, Blomqvist, van de Sanden, Wagner, Knaak
Preamble
Barcelona are one of the best and largest within the girls’s sport. That a lot was proved in that quarter-final Clasico defeat of Actual Madrid in entrance of a world-record crowd. And the Camp Nou is offered out as soon as extra for the go to of the crack German facet, who gained this match in 2013 and 2014. Like Barca, Wolfsburg are chasing a treble, and want to lengthen their unbeaten run to 18 matches in all competitions and a fifth consecutive victory. Barcelona have in the meantime gained each match this season, and in La Liga have scored 144 targets in 26 matches. They characterize an superior problem for Wolfsburg.
Kick-off is at 5.45pm BST. Be part of me.
