Barcelona hosts Real Madrid with a 6-2 lead in the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals

Published on Thursday, 2 April 2026 at 11:06 pm

Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona turned the Women’s Champions League quarterfinal into a statement of supremacy on Thursday night, crushing visiting Real Madrid 6-0 at a sold-out Camp Nou to complete a staggering 12-2 aggregate victory and book a record-extending eighth consecutive semifinal berth.

Caroline Graham Hansen struck twice, while Alexia Putellas, Irene Paredes, Ewa Pajor and Esmee Brugts added one each as the Catalan giants registered their sixth win over Madrid in women’s clásico meetings this season and kept alive their quest to reclaim the trophy they lost to Arsenal last year.

A crowd of 60,067 – the largest ever to watch a women’s match at the newly refurbished stadium – had barely settled when Putellas pounced on a rebound in the eighth minute for her 30th goal in UEFA club competitions, becoming the first Spanish player to reach that milestone and celebrating her 500th official appearance for Barcelona in the process.

Seven minutes later Graham Hansen nodded in from close range, and by the 27th minute Paredes had headed home a corner from the Norwegian winger to make it 3-0. Pajor’s close-range finish on the stroke of halftime pushed the aggregate to 10-2 and underlined the home side’s relentless intent.

Graham Hansen chipped Misa Rodríguez for her second of the night 10 minutes after the restart, and Dutch substitute Brugts completed the rout late on, tapping in after Clara Serrajordi’s low cross.

Barcelona, unbeaten in the league phase with 20 goals scored and only three conceded, will now meet German champions Bayern Munich for a place in the May 23 final in Oslo.

In Thursday’s other quarterfinal, Olympique Lyonnais overcame VfL Wolfsburg 4-0 after extra-time to advance 4-1 on aggregate and set up a semifinal clash with holders Arsenal. Substitutes Melchie Dumornay and Damaris Egurrola struck five minutes apart in the first period of extra-time, before Tabitha Chawinga sealed the win for the record eight-time champions.