Barça gave themselves a real treat at the Camp Nou. The Blaugrana players learned from the mistakes of the past and put the tie on the fast track. If in Rome they ended up asking for time, despite Salma Paralluelo’s goal in the first half, at Camp Nou Jonatan Giráldez’s team took a step forward and ended the game with three goals before the break. A double from a Rolfö in the best version and a pipe from Mapi León put out of play a Roma who could do little against the gale that fell on top of them in the second half, in which Oshoala and Patri rounded off a thrashing that sends Barça to their sixth European semifinal. Serturini made up the score.

Giráldez did not take any chances and resorted to his starting line-up, while in Alessandro Spugna’s Roma the only change was the inclusion in the starting line-up of former Barça captain Vicky Losada, who was greatly outmatched against the Blaugrana and replaced at rest due to physical problems. From the first minute, the Catalan team made it clear that they wanted the victory and did not stop stepping on the opponent’s area again and again. Tireless, but with some haste, the rhythm multiplied the chances until, in the eleventh minute of the game, Fridolina Rolfö opened the scoring. A play started on the left side ended in a cross from Mapi León inside the area, where he was able to receive Oshoala and give the ball back for the arrival of the Swede, who did not forgive.

Barça dominated the game, but they needed to mature more in their plays, victim of that acceleration they have been responsible for lately. A rush that cost him some mistakes in the middle of the field that led to the counters with which Roma tried to hurt through the incombustible Valentina Giancinti and Andressa Alves. Sandra Paños, from the Blaugrana goal, began to ask her teammates to calm down and direct the game, asking them to combine patiently until they found the spaces. After half an hour of play, Mapi León decided to play it with a powerful pipe from outside the area and ended up sneaking the ball all over the box with a real goal that delighted the Camp fans new And when he was about to show his way to the dressing room, Rolfö appeared again to put the finishing touch on his great game by finishing off a cross from Graham Hansen.

With no time to react, Roma found themselves in a barrage mode in the second half. It took one minute for Asisat Oshoala to open the scoring again and seven minutes later Patri Guijarró scored the fifth from a corner. In an isolated play, Serturini took advantage of the defensive passivity to score the goal of honor. It would be the only concession from a Barça that shone again like on the big nights. Giráldez even allowed himself to distribute minutes among the less common ones to put the icing on the cake.

In one of the tightest quarter-finals that can be remembered – all the first-leg matches were decided by the minimum – the Blaugrana will be very much waiting today (9pm) for Stamford Bridge, from where their rival in the semi-finals will leave. Chelsea surprised the reigning champions at home and Olympique de Lyon is obliged to recover from the 0-1 first leg if they want to face the Barcelona players again.