FC Barcelona women team dey face their first chance to win the Liga F title for dis season as dem go meet Espanyol for derby match today Wednesday 22nd April. Coach Pere Romeu don select starting eleven wey full of young players from their academy, wey dem dey call La Masia, as dem dey look for their eleventh league trophy.
The young girls wey go start for Barca na Aïcha Camara (19 years), Adriana Ranera (20), Carla Julià (19), Clara Serrajordi (18), Sydney Schertenleib (19), Rosalía (17) and Fenger (19). All these players don pass through the club youth system before. Dem go join goalkeeper Cata Coll, Marta Torrejón, Kika Nazareth and Caroline Graham for the starting lineup.
The full Barcelona team for the Espanyol match go be: Cata Coll; Marta Torrejón, Adriana Ranera, Aïcha Camara, Carla Julià; Clara Serrajordi, Kika Nazareth, Rosalía; Graham, Fenger and Sydney Schertenleib.
Barca dey come for this match without some key players like Aitana Bonmatí, Irene Paredes and Salma Paralluelo. Patri Guijarro dey plan to rest from the beginning because of small injury wey she get during international break. She go dey for bench with other players like Gemma Font, Mapi León, Claudia Pina, Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Vicky López, Ona Batlle, Esmee Brugts, Maria Llorella and Txell Font.
The match go hold at Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque stadium today Wednesday 22nd April. Kickoff time na 7:00pm. People fit watch am for Gol Play, TEN, TV3, 3Cat, DAZN Espana, DAZN 2 Espana and GolStadium.
Espanyol W dey come for this match from position number 11 for league table with 28 points. Barcelona W dey top the table with 72 points. For this season so far, Espanyol don score 23 goals and concede 34 goals. Dem don win 7 matches, draw 7 and lose 11. Barcelona don score 112 goals and concede only 6 goals. Dem don win 24 matches, no draw, and lose just 1 match.
If Barcelona win this match, dem go become mathematical champions for Liga F. This go be their twelfth league title and seventh consecutive one. Six Barcelona players – Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmatí, Patri Guijarro, Mapi León, Marta Torrejón and Caroline Graham Hansen – go equal the record of consecutive league titles wey current Spain women coach Sonia Bermúdez set. Sonia Bermúdez win three leagues with Rayo Vallecano and four more with Barcelona from 2008/2009 to 2014/2015.
Barcelona women team still dey fight for other trophies this season. Dem don already win Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid. Dem still dey wait for Copa de la Reina final against Atlético de Madrid and UEFA Women's Champions League semifinal against FC Bayern Munich.
Even if Barcelona lose this match against Espanyol, dem still get four more chances to win the league title. But today match na important step toward another championship for the dominant Barcelona women team.
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