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Barcelona kick things off, moving from right to left on your screens. Let’s play!
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Here we go. Barcelona make six changes from the side that started in the 8-1 (!) win over Madrid CFF, while City make four tweaks from the team that beat West Ham: Layzell, Park, Miedema and Shaw are all in.
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Tonight’s team news! ⭐️
XI | Yamashita, Layzell, Aleixandri, Greenwood (C), Miedema, Fowler, Hemp, Park, Casparij, Shaw, Hasegawa
SUBS | Keating, Startup, Coombs, Kelly, Roord, Kennedy, Ouahabi, Blindkilde Brown, Fujino, Prior, Thomas, Murphy#ManCity | #UWCL pic.twitter.com/hLpmJm0xmZ
— Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) October 9, 2024
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🚨 BARÇA XI 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Q85xuVco7h
— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) October 9, 2024
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“They’re the best team in the world,” said Manchester City’s head coach, Gareth Taylor. He was, of course, referring to tonight’s opposition, the Champions League winners this year and last year too, the ones who trumped a treble with a quadruple, the lot with Putellas, Bonmatí, Walsh and more: Barcelona.
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Yes, the all-conquering outfit are at the Joie Stadium, meeting City in the first round of Women’s Champions League group-stage games this season. It’s a gigantic task but the hosts can take some inspiration from Chelsea, who managed to nick a win in their semi-final first leg against Barcelona last season (feel free to ignore the second). This isn’t an impossible job.
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City head into this as WSL table-toppers, securing victory against West Ham on the weekend while leaving Khadija Shaw and Vivianne Miedema on the bench. Barcelona are five wins from five in the league, having scored, um, 18 goals in their last two games. This should be interesting. Kick-off’s at 8pm BST.
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main events
43 minutes: Graham Hansen plays on goal and almost scores… She hits Yamashita low but straight.
42 minutes: City continue to confuse Barcelona with their high press. The defending champions really need a halftime whistle.
38 minutes: Miedema almost scored City's second goal, but he was met with a great block inside the Barcelona area. Gareth Taylor's team are thriving.
goal! Manchester City 1-0 Barcelona (Leisel 36)
There it is! Immediately after making a spectacular save, Col makes a mistake. She tried to reach the far post for a corner, but Miedema headed it back into the middle, setting the stage for Naomi Reisel to score the opener. That was just reward for City's first-half excellence.
35 minutes: Col scored a great goal! Miedema lays off for Park in the area and his first hit looks like it's going to hit the net…Col dives to his right to deny City. corner.
35 minutes: Cole darts out of his area to stop Shaw from getting on the edge of a long ball from Greenwood.
33 minutes: It was a fantastic first 30 games for City as he continued to win the ball high up the pitch. But a clinical touch evades them… Greenwood falls into Kol's hands.
32 minutes: Fowler stands over the free kick, ready to put it in the mixer…instead, she overdoes it and sends it out for a goal kick.
half an hour: Shaw is bundled in by Leon and the City forward breaks through down the left. Must be yellow for the Barcelona defender…that's it.
29 minutes: Fridrina Rolfo drives into the area from Barcelona's left…but the flag goes up.
28 minutes: Fowler showed quick feet in his own half and played a great crossfield ball to Hemp on City's left flank. This move ends with a hemp cross… into Kol’s hands.
27 minutes: There was a brief lull in the game when City had possession at the back.
25 minutes: Fowler does a crowd-pleasing job, pressuring Leon on City's right before unleashing a powerful tackle.
24 minutes: It's all City at the moment. Shaw showed the strength to turn and shoot on the edge of the box and was awarded a corner kick.
23 minutes: Hemp has space in Acre to shoot from the left… Shaw heads in a cross at the far post, but it's not strong enough to pose a threat.
21 minutes: Mary Fowler is having trouble passing inside on the right side. This time, he played with Park, and Park put a cross into the box. Miedema is almost coming to an end.
19 minutes: Aley Chandri clears City's line! Yamashita's backpass failed, Eva Pahor stole the ball and fired, setting Barcelona up to take the lead… Aleychandri stepped in with a brilliant move back in time.
16 minutes: City should be ahead of the curve. Shaw is left one-on-one from a narrow angle after a killer ball from Fowler and chooses to square rather than shoot. She misses her intended target, the surging Miedema, but Hemp picks it up. She hit the left post.
14 minutes: Laia Aleychandri is the first player to enter the books tonight as a result of a sliding challenge.
13 minutes: Puteras takes a powerful hit from the edge of the box…but it hits Yamashita directly.
12 minutes: Hemp became furious and was punished in the Barcelona district after barging into Battre. Greenwood drove from behind and slipped through the pass.
11 minutes: Lauren Hemp skips down the left side but is clearly offside.
10 minutes: Barcelona still haven't found their rhythm against City Really He works hard off the ball.
9 minutes: Coll, in Barcelona's net, was met with City's high press and showed perfect footing to evade Jess Park's sliding challenge. It's a risk, but it's amazing when you miss.
8 minutes: Street Corner is coming…but there's a bit of wrestling in this area. Miedema is fouled, leading to a free kick for Barcelona.
7 minutes: City press high and cause chaos, Jess Park hits a shot from inside the area…Barcelona's shirt gets in the way – great block from Leon.
5 minutes: Fowler's first pass from the right side was wayward and avoided Shaw's breakthrough through the middle.
4 minutes: On the left, Puteras cuts City open with a beautiful pass into the box, and Graham Hansen runs in…her snap shot rattling the left post. Early warning to the City.
2 minutes: Khadijah Shaw lays off on the halfway line and City break through down the left, but the move collapses down the flank.
1 minute: Barcelona win the ball early on as City's shirt presses right away and looks to cause trouble.
Beep beep!
Barcelona starts the match and moves the screen from right to left. let's play!
Players exit the tunnel to the sound of classical music. Barcelona is the usual blue and garnet, but City is all blue.
There's a lot going on here, So you can leave me for a little while (please come back).
Here is a preview of Tom Garry.
Keira Walsh returns to her old clubwhere she won the WSL, FA Cup and League Cup, and departed immediately after Euro 2022 for a world record fee. It's worth reading this from a year ago.
team
Let's go. Barcelona made six changes from the team that beat Madrid CFF 8-1 (!), and City made four changes from the team that beat West Ham, with Leisel, Park, Miedema and Shaw all playing.
Team news tonight! ⭐️
11 | Yamashita, Leisel, Aleizandri, Greenwood (C), Miedema, Fowler, Hemp, Park, Casparisi, Shaw, Hasegawa
Subscribe | Keating, Startup, Coombs, Kelly, Lord, Kennedy, Uabi, Blind Kilde Brown, Fujino, Prior, Thomas, Murphy#mancity | #UWCL pic.twitter.com/hLpmJm0xmZ
— Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) October 9, 2024
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Team news tonight! ⭐️
11 | Yamashita, Leisel, Aleizandri, Greenwood (C), Miedema, Fowler, Hemp, Park, Casparisi, Shaw, Hasegawa
Subscribe | Keating, Startup, Coombs, Kelly, Lord, Kennedy, Uabi, Blind Kilde Brown, Fujino, Prior, Thomas, Murphy#mancity | #UWCL pic.twitter.com/hLpmJm0xmZ
— Manchester City Women (@ManCityWomen) October 9, 2024
🚨Barça XI🚨 pic.twitter.com/Q85xuVco7h
— FC Barcelona Femeni (@FCBfemeni) October 9, 2024
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preamble
Manchester City head coach Gareth Taylor said: “They are the best team in the world.'' Of course, he is referring to tonight's opponents, this year's and last year's Champions League winners, Barcelona, whose players include Putelas, Bommatti and Walsh, who won the quadruple treble.
Yes, the team that won it all will gather at Gioa Stadium to face City in the first round of this season's Women's Champions League group stage. It's a tough task, but the hosts could take inspiration from Chelsea, who managed to win the semi-final first leg against Barcelona last season (the second leg can be ignored). This is not an impossible task.
City went into this game as the top team in the WSL, having secured victory against West Ham at the weekend despite leaving Khadija Shaw and Vivian Miedema on the bench. Barcelona has scored goals and won 5 of their 5 league matches. 18 Number of goals in the last two games. This should be interesting. Kick-off is at 8pm BST.
