FC Barcelona is just one step away from achieving its third Champions League. The blaugranas will face off against Olympique Lyon, one of the giants of the continent that has already won two finals against the culé team. Jonatan Giráldez’s men, who were defending the title, have overcome all obstacles to get the ticket to San Mamés.
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Both teams have been among the best on the continent for some time, so from the beginning they saw themselves as favorites, and although that does not mean that no one will give you anything, the group stage of both was perfect, or at least almost, since Neither of them lost a single game. FC Barcelona tied the last game against Benfica although they did so at the buzzer in ’96, while Lyon, for its part, tied two games. Despite the ties, both finished as first in the groups with 16 and 14 points respectively and showing signs that they were going to be tough rivals for the coming rounds.
For the quarterfinals, a rival awaited FC Barcelona who came second in the Lyon group, so they did not want to speculate at any time, and after a hard-fought 1-2 victory in the first leg, the second leg in Barcelona It had to be a trap for the visitors, and so it was, Aitana and Rolfö buried any type of doubt, so Brann’s goal was fruitless, and Patri Guijarro sealed the tie with the final 3-1.
For its part, Lyon finished second in the same group as Barcelona, and we are talking about that Benfica that managed to get a draw against them on the last group day. But that was not enough for the French and they got the tie out of the way with an aggregate score of 6-2.
For Olympique Lyon, the semifinals were going to be just another domestic match, where they knew their rivals more than well
since it was the same PSG they had to face in the league, so knowing their strengths and weaknesses, they were capable of passing with an overall 5-3 in favor that certified their passage to the grand final.
For Barcelona it would be somewhat more complicated, since the rival was another of the big favorites, Chelsea. It would be so difficult that the first leg would end up falling on the English side, who even forgave the 2-0, and with this they would travel to Spanish territory where, as it could not be otherwise, the Barça team would do their homework like never before, and after a Aitana’s great goal and then causing a penalty that Rolfö would transform, the match and the tie would decide that the Barcelona club would be the one that would travel to San Mames to play the final of the Women’s Champions League.
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