He Barça debuts today in the Women’s Champions 2024-25 in search of his fourth continental title. The Barcelona team faces the Manchester City on the first day of the group stage and we will tell you where to watch Barça’s match in the Women’s Champions League today.
After the victories in League F, Pere Romeu’s team want to start the Champions League with an away victory that could be key to qualifying as first in the group.
The match will not be played at the Etihad Stadiumbut at the Joie Stadium, located on the Manchester City Campus. On the other hand, the second leg will be played in the main stadium of FC Barcelona, that is, in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
The Blaugranas’ start to the season has been unbeatable. With five league games played to date, They are at the top of the standings with a total of victories and 25 goals scored. Furthermore, the last two games have been a boost of morale for the Culers, achieving a 10-1 against Granada Femenino and a 1-8 against Madrid CFF. This last victory was especially notable, since they were losing at halftime and managed to score eight goals.
One of the key players of the Catalan team is Ewa Pajor which, with six goals, ranks as top scorer of the domestic competition. The Polish striker, a brand new signing this season, has reflected on the improvement of the Champions League and has also shown her ambition in an interview with SPORT: “Now in the Champions League it is already difficult for all teams, because women’s football has We have grown a lot and there is a higher level every time, but we are going to give everything to win each game, “We want to be first in the group.”he declared.
For its part, Manchester City also arrives as leader of its league with seven points, although Chelsea and Manchester United have yet to play a match against each other, which was suspended this past weekend. On the last matchday, the Cityzens beat West Ham 2-0. It should be noted that City had to play a previous round to qualify for the group stage. Despite this, the English team had no problems eliminating Paris FC with an 8-0 overall tie.
At the pre-match press conference, Gareth Taylor, Manchester City coach, has been full of praise for the culer team: “Barça is the best team in the world“Five years ago, Lyon was the same, but now they are there,” said the British coach. Likewise, the English team that returns to the top European competition three and a half years later, believes that this match can be a challenge to overcome: “We think it is a complicated challenge, but also a great opportunity for us.”
Along these same lines, the Barcelona coach Peter Romeo He also takes this Wednesday’s match as an opportunity: “We have an important and complicated game, but Our goal is to show how we want this team to play.“he said at a press conference.
The last confrontation between Barça and Manchester City took place in the quarterfinals of the 2020-21 seasonwhich would end with the Catalan team winning the title. In the first match of the tie, Barça won 3-0, but in the second leg, City won the game 2-1. Therefore, The blaugranas will try to achieve their first victory against the cityzens this Wednesday.
Schedule and where to watch Manchester City – FC Barcelona
The match between Manchester City and Barça Femenino will be played hoy Wednesday, October 9 at 9:00 p.m. and el Joie Stadium.
The match of the first day of the Women’s Champions League can be seen through DAZN 1, TV3, 3Cat, Movistar + Ellas Vamos (dial 66) and Movistar + Lite. In addition, you can follow the match minute by minute and all the information related to the match on the web de SPORT.
Lineups
Manchester City: Yamashita; Layzell, Alexandri, Greenwood (c.), Casparij; Park, Hasegawa, Miedema; Fowler, Shaw y Hemp.
FC Barcelona: Cata Coll; Ona Batlle, Engen, Mapi León, Rolfö; Walsh, Aitana, Patri; Graham, Pajor, Alexia.
