Barça women demolish Real
Barcelona crushed Real Madrid 6-0 at the Camp Nou to complete a staggering 12-2 aggregate and reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League semifinals — an outlier margin in a Clásico setting ( ). Caroline Graham Hansen kept her hot streak alive — she’s netted her seventh Champions League goal in seven matches and notched her 40th European club competition goal this season (nytimes.com).
Alexia Putellas made her 500th appearance for Barcelona and opened the scoring inside eight minutes, registering what ESPN counted as her 230th goal for the club. (fcbarcelona.com) (espn.com) The other scorers came in a steady sequence: Putellas (8'), Caroline Graham Hansen (15' and 55'), Irene Paredes (27'), Ewa Pajor (34') and Esmée Brugts (74'), according to UEFA’s match report. (uefa.com) Graham Hansen’s second finish — described by UEFA as a “beautifully weighted” shot over keeper Misa Rodríguez while she was falling — completed her brace and underlined her influence across both legs. (uefa.com) The match drew 60,067 spectators to the Camp Nou, the largest crowd for a Women’s Champions League game since Barcelona’s 2023 home fixture against Chelsea (72,262), per ESPN’s game analysis. (espn.com) Barcelona extended their run to an eighth consecutive Champions League semi-final and have been paired with Bayern Munich in the last four, with first-leg semi-final dates scheduled by UEFA for 24/26 April. (uefa.com) ESPN noted the margin represented a record defeat for Real Madrid in the Champions League and marked the largest women’s Clásico scoreline to date, while also recording that Putellas now sits among the competition’s Spanish all-time scorers milestone. (espn.com)
