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Barcelona Women mark record with 91,553 fans in Camp Nou for Champions League

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Susan Owusu-Ansah
March 31, 2022

History was made yesterday as 91,553 fans gathered at Camp Nou for Barcelona Women’s UEFA Women’s Champions League fixture against Real Madrid with that being the biggest number to experience Women’s football.

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The Catalans won last weeks first leg game by 2-0, they again impressed the home supporters that cheered them on yesterday with an emphatic 5-2 against real Madrid Femine to proceed to the semi-finals.

Yesterday’s El Classico record surpass the existing mark for women’s club football match, the last was set in 2019 with 60,739 people viewing Madrid verses Barcelona at the stadium Metropolitano.

Wednesday attendance also broke the overall record for any women’s game, which was 90,195. which occurred in United State in 1999 in the Women’s World Cup Final at he Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

“The fans [are] not leaving for home, they’re just staying to celebrate with us. I didn’t imagine anything like it and it’s just goosebumps all over the place,” Barca forward Caroline Graham Hansen told reporters after the game.

“They have been singing all game and it’s been amazing. It’s something I never dreamed of happening and here today we did it. Hopefully it’s not the last time we’re doing this.”

Playing in front of record-breaking support, the la liga female Champions put on a show to thrash its fiercest rival.

Trailing 2-1 early in the second half, the hosts scored three quickfire goals in 10 minutes to put the tie beyond any doubt.

With the 8-3 aggregate win, the defending European champion advances to the semifinals for the fifth time in six years.

It was a day of celebration for Barcelona fans and women’s soccer fans in general.

After a rainy start to the day in Barcelona, the weather improved before and during the match. Thousands of people, including a considerable number of women and children, waved their flags and scarves cheering the Blaugrana on their arrival at the stadium, encouraging the players with chants and creating a real atmosphere. Real Madrid were greeted with deafening whistles.

Although there were several activities organized around Camp Nou, the fans waited in line from early in the evening to enter the stadium.

They will face either Arsenal or Wolfsburg for a place in the final.