On Wednesday, 15,000 tickets were sold in three hours, and the number continued to grow for the next 24 hours. Members can withdraw up to four free tickets for the match to be played on March 30, with the sole cost of management fees, 2.5 euros. But the demand has been so high that it could change the plans of the club, which initially had only decided to open the first two stands, with a capacity for 70,000 people. The third tier could therefore also be opened for this match, corresponding to the return of the quarter-finals of the Champions League, a tournament in which Barça defend the title they won last season against Chelsea. Real Madrid, meanwhile, is making its debut in this phase of the competition, as it is still a very young project. The first leg will be played in Madrid a week earlier, on March 22.
This will be the second official Barça women’s match at the Camp Nou, after the January 2021 League match against Espanyol to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first match played at the stadium by a women’s team, on that occasion a friendly tournament . Alexia Putellas was in charge of scoring the first goal in a 5-0 Barça victory, a game played behind closed doors by the pandemic. The club, in fact, is confident that in March the security measures against the covid-19 will allow to open 100% of the capacity, that is, 99,354 spectators. Barça are starting to dream of being able to break the record for spectators of an official football match in Spain, that of the 2019 match between Atlético de Madrid and Barça at the Wanda Metropolitano, with 60,739 spectators.
Classic also in the Super Cup
Before the Champions League match, Barça and Madrid will face each other in the Spanish Super Cup. The competition will take place between 19 and 23 January in the Sports City of the Federation, in Las Rozas (Madrid). Barça and Real Madrid will play the first semi-final on Wednesday 19 January, and the second round will be between Atlético de Madrid and Levante on Thursday 20 January.
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