Barca Women Demolish Real Madrid 6-2 for Champions League Quarter-Final Lead

Barcelona women football team don show say dem no dey play yesterday as dem hammer Real Madrid 6-2 for di first leg of dia UEFA Women Champions League quarter-final match. Di match wey play for Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium for Madrid na one big show of power from di Catalan giants wey don put one leg inside semi-final already.

Di match start with fire from Barcelona as dem score two quick goals inside first 13 minutes. Ewa Pajor tap in for first goal after Alexia Putellas set am up, den Esmee Brugts add second one with header wey goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez no fit stop. Di early goals don set di tone for di whole match as Barcelona take control from beginning.

Real Madrid try small to come back when Linda Caicedo score for dem for 30th minute, but Barcelona reply immediately. Just two minutes after Madrid goal, Irene Paredes use powerful header from Clàudia Pina corner make di score 3-1. Di first half end with Barcelona leading well well.

Second half no change anything as Barcelona continue to dominate. Ewa Pajor score her second goal for di 57th minute after fine pass from Clara Serrajordi. Seven minutes later, Vicky López add fifth goal after Caroline Graham Hansen set am up. Di way Barcelona dey play show say dem no dey fear Madrid at all.

Linda Caicedo try to give Madrid small hope when she score beautiful goal for 66th minute, but Alexia Putellas end di match with penalty for 89th minute to make final score 6-2. Di penalty come after Sara Holmgaard foul Caroline Graham Hansen for box.

Di statistics for di match show how Barcelona dominate completely. Dem get more possession, more shots on target, and better control of di game. Di Vodafone Player of di Match award go to Alexia Putellas wey UEFA Technical Observer Group say play excellently and control di game well well.

Dis win mean Barcelona don extend dia unbeaten run to 25 games across all competitions. Dem don also win all four matches wey dem play against Real Madrid dis season, scoring 16 goals to Madrid two. Di record between di two teams don reach 22 wins for Barcelona from 23 meetings.

For individual performances, Ewa Pajor continue her fine form against Madrid as she now get 13 goals from just nine games against dem. She don also draw level with Alexia Putellas as player with most goals for dis fixture. Vicky López don also score for two straight Champions League matches after scoring just one goal from her first 22 appearances for di competition.

Di second leg go hold for Camp Nou on Thursday 2 April, and Barcelona need just small performance to qualify for dia eighth straight semi-final. Di winners of dis tie go face either Manchester United or Bayern München for semi-finals wey go start end of April.

Before di second leg, di two teams go meet again for Liga F dis Sunday for another Clasico. Barcelona currently lead di league with 10 points ahead of Real Madrid, having won 22 of dia 23 matches dis season while conceding just six goals.

Di Barcelona team wey play yesterday include Cata Coll for goal, Ona Batlle, Irene Paredes, Camara, and Esmee Brugts for defence. Midfield get Clara Serrajordi, Patri Guijarro, and Alexia Putellas, while attack na Vicky López, Ewa Pajor, and Clàudia Pina. Dem make substitutions bring in Mapi León, Caroline Graham Hansen, Schertenleib, and Paralluelo during di match.

Real Madrid team wey try dia best include Misa Rodríguez for goal, Eva Navarro, María Méndez, Maëlle Lakrar, and Sara Holmgaard for defence. Midfield get Caroline Weir, Filippa Angeldahl, and Sara Däbritz, while attack na Athenea del Castillo, Signe Bruun, and Linda Caicedo.

Di Barcelona coach Pere Romeu and Madrid coach Pau Quesada both go need to prepare well for di second leg, but di work don hard for Madrid wey need to win by at least 4-0 to qualify. With di way Barcelona dey play dis season, dat one look like mission impossible.