Four days after lifting the first title of the year in Madrid, after beating Levante in the Super Cup final, Barça is looking for its next milestone. They already have a place in the Champions League quarterfinals and now they want to seal first place in the group. To achieve this, it is enough to avoid defeat against Eintracht (9pm, Dazn, Esport3), the only rival that has been able to get ahead of Barça this season. Laura Frigang's goal in the first leg gave Eintracht wings, but the German dream lasted only a few minutes, the six that Salma Paralluelo needed to tie the game, which would end up being for the Blaugrana by 1 goal to 3.
“We are one of the few teams that have made things difficult for Barcelona this season. We can be brave,” warned Niko Arnautis, coach of the German team, who recalled the feat achieved by his male counterparts, eliminating Barcelona in the quarterfinals in 2022: “Two years ago we saw how the men did it. It's a different situation, but we still have it in mind. Maybe it is a good sign, we will also go completely white.”
At Barça, respect for its rival reigns: “Eintracht is one of the teams that has made it most difficult for us this season and I liked it for its intensity,” Patri Guijarro acknowledged in the preview. A rival that the coach also liked, Jonatan Giráldez: “In the first leg they played a great game. “They are a team that impressed me a lot when I saw them against Wolfsburg last year before the Champions League final.”
The German team will be very supported by the Johan Cruyff. The club announced this week that 300 tickets had been sold for the match, something unprecedented in the Blaugrana temple, so the area reserved for visiting fans will be one of the biggest full houses of the season to cheer on their fans. And it is not only the Blaugrana shield that attracts. The German team still has a chance to advance to the quarterfinals but to do so they must add at least the same points as Benfica who visit Rosengård hours before (6:45 p.m.).
For Barça, the objective is clear: "We want to be first in the group mathematically as soon as possible and to do so we have to beat Eintracht." “The dream end of the season would be to reach the final in Bilbao and win it,” Giráldez confessed. Although Patri Guijarro was cautious when talking about the historic poker of titles to which the Blaugrana aspire: "At the moment we have only won the first, so step by step."
