Barça Women's first 'puncture' in the Champions League to close the group stage

The closing of the month of January brought the first party that did not finish in victory for the FC Feminine Barcelona. The ones of Jonatan Giráldez closed the phase of groups of the Women's Champions League with tie (4-4) in the field of the SL Benfica this Wednesday, closing like this his participation in the liguilla with 16 points and without putting in risk in any moment the first place of the sector, although without being able to reach finally the puntaje ideal in this edition of the continental tournament.

The Barça fit in front of the lusas the same goals that in all the season and saw in difficulties in some moments to weigh that it struck first in the party. In that moment all seemed inside the guion with Graham Hansen and Patri Pebble planting the 0-2 in the marker to the 20 minutes, but the Benfica, that thought always in the rival goal and presionó, went with 2-2 to the rest with a doublet of Alidou.

The defence did not accompany the accustomed level of the attack of the Barça

To the little of the resumption, went the Norwegian Graham the one who signed his doublet, but the courage of the local and the Barcelona difficulty to brake the Portuguese attacks in front of the big quantity of drops that keeps in this moment of the season did that they arrived more goals in the last half hour of the meeting. Jessica Silva, ex of the Raise, saw prize to his big party attaining the 3-3 and, to ten minutes of the end, in a kickoff of corner, arrived the 4-3 of Bronze in own door.

In spite of not having his best day backwards, the valid champion of Europe would achieve to avoid the defeat when in the last minute of the discount, in a kickoff of corner, Bronze had his desquite of the so much previous achieving the 4-4 definite. The Barça showed pride, in addition to artillery in Lisbon, to continue on its way invicta to quarter-finals in spite of having in front to a rival that grew like few in front of the Catalans.

The way of the Barça to try repeat his title in Europe

After remaining defined the groups, the Barcelona group already knows that to be in semifinals will have to surpass to one of these three teams: Brann, Hacken or Ajax. The draw will make this Tuesday 6 February (13:00 hours) and also will remain defined the crosses for the possible semifinals, highlighting that the quarter-finals will play between the 19 and on 28 March.