Barcelona draw 1-1 at Bayern Munich
- Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw by Bayern Munich in Saturday’s first leg of the Women’s Champions League semi-final, after Ewa Pajor scored early and Franziska Kett equalised in Munich. - Pajor struck in the eighth minute for her eighth Champions League goal this season, Kett levelled in the 69th, and Bayern then played the final stretch with 10 players after Kett’s red card. - The tie goes to Barcelona level for the May 3 second leg, with Bayern missing suspended scorer Kett and coach José Barcala. (uefa.com)
Barcelona left Munich with a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League semi-final, after Bayern recovered from an early goal and then survived with 10 players. (uefa.com) (foxsports.com) Ewa Pajor put Barcelona ahead in the eighth minute at Fußball Arena München, turning in Esmee Brugts’ low cross for her eighth goal of this Champions League campaign. (uefa.com) (foxsports.com) Barcelona nearly doubled the lead after halftime when Brugts hit the post, and Vanessa Gilles later cleared Clàudia Pina’s header off the line for Bayern. (uefa.com) Bayern equalised in the 69th minute when Pernille Harder drove inside from the left and squared for Franziska Kett to finish. The goal changed a match that had been tilting toward Barcelona’s control. (uefa.com) (fcbayern.com) Ten minutes later, Kett was sent off after pulling substitute Salma Paralluelo by the hair, and Bayern coach José Barcala also saw red for protesting before a VAR check upheld the decision. (foxsports.com) That leaves Bayern without both Kett and Barcala for the second leg in Barcelona on May 3, with the aggregate score level. Barcelona pushed late, but Patri Guijarro had an overhead kick blocked, Mapi León was denied, and Paralluelo shot over. (foxsports.com) (uefa.com) The draw looked unlikely early, because Barcelona had beaten Bayern 7-1 when the teams met earlier in this season’s league phase. ESPN said Bayern became only the second team to avoid defeat against Barcelona in this year’s competition. (uefa.com) (espn.com) Bayern said 31,000 fans attended in Munich, a club record for one of its Women’s Champions League home matches. The return now shifts to Camp Nou with the semi-final still open. (fcbayern.com) (uefa.com)
