After having fallen in the final of the past edition of the Champions, the feminine section of the FC Barcelona encara a new season of the European tournament looking for the title. In the celebrated draw in Nyon have remained defined the groups of the initial phase of the competition, in which the team directed by Jonatan Giráldez, that in principle splits like one of the favourites to advance.
The fact to split in the bass drum 1 of the competition has allowed him avoid confront to other European powers of the feminine football like the Olympique of Lyon, Chelsea and the Wolfsburgo, as well as it neither will be able to measure in front of the Real Madrid in the first stage of the tournament since both clubs are affiliated to the same Federation. Of this way, has remained in a relatively affordable group.
The culés will form part of the group D, accompanied by the Bayern of Munich, the Benfica and the Rosengard Swedish. The first date of the tournament will contest the days 19 and 20 October. Later it will restart the continental activity the days 26 and 27. The third day is fixed in the calendar for the 23 and 24 November; the fourth the 7-8 December, the fifth the 15-16 and the last between the 21 and the 22.
It will be the eleventh participation of the feminine section of the Barcelona in the competition. In her they will look for to add a new trophy to his list of winners after having reached in three occasions the decisive party, falling in two occasions. In front of the rivals with which will cross , expects that the team of Giráldez do not have greater problems to advance to the following phase.
Group of the death for the Madrid
The Real Madrid Feminine has not run with the same luck to the moment to define the pairings. The merengues encararán his second historical participation in the tournament after having debuted in the previous edition, in which they reached the quarter-finals. The team directed by Alberto Toril will have to measure in front of Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and the Vllaznia of Albania.