Defending champion, Barça won 1-3 in the first leg. The comeback drew crowds to the Camp Nou. With 91,553 spectators announced by Barça at the end of the match, the attendance record for a professional women’s club match has been broken. The previous record was already for a Barcelona encounter. In March 2019, 60,739 people attended the duel between Atlético Madrid and the Catalans at the Metropolitano stadium.
The absolute record belonged to the final of the 1999 Women’s World Cup won by the United States against China in front of 90,185 people at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (California).
Barcelona will face Arsenal or Wolfsburg in the semi-finals, who had drawn the first leg (1-1) and will play their return match in Germany on Thursday (6:45 p.m.).
Record attendance also for the women’s section of Paris Saint-Germain, overcoming Bayern Munich after extra time in front of 27,262 supporters, far from the previous mark (19,192 people in April 2017 against FC Barcelona in the semi-final return). Victorious 1-2 in the first leg, the Parisiennes were forced into extra time by the Bavarians who were leading 1-2 after 90 minutes. In extra time, Ramona Bachmann sent PSG to the semi-finals.
In the semi-final, PSG will face the winner of Lyon / Juventus. The Turinoises won the first leg 2-1. The return, in Lyon, is played on Thursday.
