Barça had a real feast at the Camp Nou. The blaugrana learned from the mistakes of the past and put the tie on the fast track. If in Rome they ended up asking for the time, despite Salma Paralluelo’s goal in the first half, at the Camp Nou the team took a step forward and sealed the game with three goals before the break. A double from a Rolfö in his best version and a cannon shot from Mapi León left Roma out of the game that could do little in the face of the gale that came over them in the second half, in which Oshoala and Patri rounded off a rout that sent Barça to their sixth European semi-final. serturini
Giráldez did not risk and resorted to his eleven gala, including the scorer of the first leg, Salma Paralluelo, while in Alessandro Spugna’s Roma the only change was the inclusion in the starting line-up of the former Barça captain Vicky Losada, very surpassed before the blaugrana and replaced at halftime by the Italian coach. From the first minute the Catalan team made it clear that they wanted victory and did not stop stepping on the rival area over and over again. Tireless, although with some haste, the chances continued until, eleven minutes into the game, Fridolina Rolfö opened the scoring. A move initiated by the left wing that ended in a cross by Mapi León inside the area, where Oshoala received and gave the ball back for the arrival of the Swedish, who did not forgive.
Barça commanded the game, but the plays needed to mature more, victim of that precipitation that has been spreading lately. A precipitation that cost him some errors in midfield that led to the counters with which Roma tried to do damage 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 patiently combine until they found the spaces.
After half an hour of play, Mapi León decided to gamble with a powerful shot from outside the area and ended up sending the ball all over the squad with a real great goal that delighted the Camp Nou fans. And when the way to the changing rooms was about to be shown, Rolfö appeared again to round off his great game, finishing off a cross from Graham Hansen at will.
With no time to react, Roma found themselves with a steamroller-mode Barça in the second half. Asisat Oshoala needed one minute to reopen the scoring 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 honour. It would be the only concession from a Barcelona that once again shone like on the big nights. Giráldez even allowed himself to distribute minutes among the less usual to put the perfect finishing touch to the tie.
In one of the tightest rounds of the quarterfinals in memory – all the first legs were decided by the minimum – the Blaugrana will be very attentive (Thursday, 9:00 p.m.) to Stamford Bridge from where their rival will start in the semifinals. Chelsea surprised by beating the defending champions at home, and Olympique de Lyon is forced to come back from 0-1 in the first leg if they want to enter the top four and have the opportunity to face the Barcelonans again.
