Barcelona Femení go begin dia UEFA Women’s Champions League title defence when dem face Paris FC for Estadi Johan Cruyff. The match na di league phase opener, and Coach Pere Romeu don set him team for 4-3-3 while Sandrine Soubeyrand Paris FC go line up for 4-2-3-1. Lineups don announce and players dey warm up.
Barcelona Femení don win dia only previous meeting with Paris FC. Vicky López and Caroline Graham Hansen score as Barça take 2-0 victory for Stade Jean-Bouin last December.
Overall, Barça don win all 15 Champions League group stage or league phase home matches, and dem score 77 goals inside those games. Paris FC don lose dia last three games against Spanish clubs.
Barcelona dey set to commence Champions League title defence, and dem be overwhelming favourites to retain di title. Back in May, Pere Romeu team demolish Lyon 4-0 for Oslo. Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo both bag second half braces as dem crown European champions for di fourth time.
Blaugrana don feature for each of di last six Champions League Finals, and dem win four of them. Na why most people expect say dem go still reach Stadion Narodowy for Warsaw at di end of dis season.
Barça Femení begin di new Liga F season on fire. Dem win four matches out of four and score 19 goals. Given dia domestic dominance, European success always be di priority.
For di league phase, Barcelona also go host Arsenal and Servette Chênois Féminin, as well as take on Roma, HB Køge and Bayern Munich on di road. So, as e happen last season, most expect di defending champions to finish top of di table, starting with a win here.
As for Paris FC, dem finish tenth for last season league phase before Real Madrid oust dem for di first knockout round. Last year Première Ligue runners-up dey hope to better that performance dis time round.
Earlier dis month, Sandrine Soubeyrand side collect 7-1 thrashing from serial French champions OL Lyonnes. That result underline di gap wey dey between Paris FC and Europe‘s very best. A similarly emphatic scoreline fit happen for Estadi Johan Cruyff on Wednesday.
Pere Romeu rotate him team for Friday 6-0 demolition of Alavés, but di stars go return. Dem include goalkeeper Cata Coll, Kika Nazareth and Esmee Brugts. Polish striker Ewa Pajor na di top scorer for last season Champions League with 11 goals.
If Marta Torrejón feature, e go be her 90th appearance for Champions League, equalling di record for Spanish women wey Alexia Putellas hold before she recently depart.
Sandrine Soubeyrand side also last play on Thursday, beating Strasbourg 2-0, as dem react to di 7-1 drubbing in Lyon. Maeline Mendy bag brace for that one, while Théa Greboval fit keep her place at centre-back, chosen over Hillary Diaz.
Score prediction: Barça Femení 5-0 Paris FC.
Fans for United States go watch di game on CBS Sports Golazo and Paramount+. Spain dey on Disney+, Europe and Australia also on Disney+, Canada on OneSoccer, South and Central America on ESPN, and Arab world on beIN Sports.
