প্রকাশ: 31/03/2022
A world record crowd for a
women's football match of 91,553 saw Barcelona cruise into the Champions League
semi-finals by thrashing Real Madrid 5-2 at Camp Nou on Wednesday to seal an
8-3 win on aggregate.
The crowd figure surpassed the
previous record for a women's match when 90,185 watched the 1999 World Cup
final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
It also smashed the previous
record attendance for a women's club fixture, set in March 2019 as 60,739
supporters saw Barca beat Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain
needed extra-time to secure a 2-2 home draw with Bayern Munich to progress 4-3
on aggregate.
Barcelona were eager to give
Wednesday's fixture as much visibility as possible.
The club's 147,000 members were
allowed 24 hours to book up to four free tickets, with only an administration
charge due of 2.50 euros. Non-members were then able to buy tickets for between
9 to 15 euros.
The reigning European champions
advance to the semi-finals where they will face the winners of Arsenal and
Wolfsburg.
Alexia Putellas, winner of the
women's Ballon d'Or in November, added Barcelona's fourth after also scoring
twice in the 3-1 first leg win.
"It was magical - the game
finished and nobody wanted to go home," Putellas said.
"We were celebrating with
the fans, it's amazing. There were so many people, so many girls. What happened
today was historic."
- Bachmann puts PSG through -
It started well for Barca when,
in the eighth minute, Jenni Hermoso passed back for Mapi Leon out on the right
and her in-swinging cross caught Misa out of position, the ball curling over
the Madrid goalkeeper and in.
But Barca's lead was short-lived
as Olga Carmona's driven shot caught the right elbow of Irene Paredes and Olga
steered the penalty into the corner.
Madrid were gaining in confidence
as the half wore on and shortly after the interval, they pulled ahead, Claudia
Zornoza scoring a stunning goal from distance. With Madrid breaking through the
middle on the break, Zornoza took over, spotted Sandra Panos off her line and
lobbed the keeper from all of 40 yards.
Barca's aggregate advantage was
cut to one and nerves might have begun to take hold. Instead, they scored twice
in three minutes to all-but end Madrid's hopes.
First, Madrid were beaten to a
loose ball in midfield and Hermoso played quickly to Aitana Bonmati, who was
given too much room to nip inside and find the corner.
Then, Fridolina Rolfo's overhit
pass was tidied up by Claudia Pina, who drifted forward and clipped a shot into
the far corner.
With progress secured, Barcelona
began to enjoy themselves and seven minutes later, Putellas made it four, her
shot through the legs of Babett Peter squirming through the hands of Misa, who
should have done better.
Caroline Hansen added a fifth at
the back post after a surging run down the left by Rolfo. The biggest cheer of
the night then came in injury-time, when the big screen showed the attendance.
In Paris, substitute Ramona
Bachmann grabbed the extra-time goal which gave PSG an aggregate 4-3 win over a
Bayern side missing 12 players through injury and illness.
Swiss star Bachmann drifted away
from her marker to score into the far corner past the dive of goalkeeper Janina
Leitzig.
Sandy Baltimore had given the
French side a 17th minute lead with a clever lob.
However, Bayern levelled on the
night through Saki Kumagai just two minutes later.
Klara Buehl, who had also scored
in the first leg, then put the German side in front and level on aggregate on
54 minutes with a shot deflected in by Lea Schueller.
PSG will face either seven-time
champions Lyon or Juventus for a place in the final.
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