Barcelona, ​​finalist of the Women's Champions League

The Barcelona players celebrate reaching the Champions League final after losing to Wolfsburg.FABIAN BIMMER (REUTERS)

Barcelona qualified for the Champions League final, their third in the last four seasons, with an aggregate of 3-5.

In any case, he took a wake-up call: Wolsburg humanized him.

The leader of the Bundesliga and finalist of the German Cup, showed the azulgrana why there are two Champions in their showcases (2013 and 2014) and ended their undefeated status this season.

He did not reach him, in any case, for anything else.

What he achieved against Chelsea (4-0, to qualify for the quarterfinals) and against Bayern (6-0, to steal the lead in Germany), was impossible against the powerful and colorful Barcelona, ​​​​also resilient against Wolsburg .

A vibrant and fun duel, crowned with another victory for the women: record attendance in Germany, 22,057 spectators.

The previous mark was from 2014, when 12.

The strategy that worked for Barça in the first half collapsed after returning from the locker room.

Wassmuth caught a second play on the balcony of the area and placed the ball in the Barça goal, away from Paños.

At that time, he started another match.

Actually, the match started.

What had initially become an exercise in prudence, in which Wolsburg, instructed by what had happened to them in the first leg (5-1), ruled out high pressure and in which Barça was betting on controlling the ball but forgetting to deepen, after the goal of the German box the duel was pure vertigo.

Maximum risk for Barça after Roord took advantage of Torrejón and Guijarro's error at the start and made it 2-0.

Then, an unprecedented Barça appeared: that of the resistance.

Neither Hermoso nor Putellas, the leadership was assumed by Irene Paredes, a wall against the power of the Germans.

She caught up with Barça and sealed her ticket to the final in Turin.

“The defeat is a hundred per cent wake-up call”, underlined Jonathan Giráldez, coach of the Barça team.

“It is not easy to win every game.

No match is a walk.

The defeat comes at a time that does not imply anything, but you have to do self-criticism.

When we play well we say it and also when we don't play well, too.

We have to keep working to improve and for the team to have more resources.

Winning titles is not easy”, concluded the Barcelona coach.

Lyon returns to the final

Olympique de Lyon beat PSG 1-2 at the Parc des Princes (3-5 on aggregate) and will be Barcelona's rival in the Champions League final on May 21 in Turin.

The goals were scored by Ada Hegerberg and Renard for the Lyon squad and Katoto for the Parisians.

In this way, the 2019 final in Budapest is repeated.

In that match, Lyon swept Barça (4-0).

The French team is the top winner of the European Cup (seven) and will play its decisive tenth game.

The classic between PSG and Lyon marked another historic day for women's football.

As in Germany, in the match between Wolsburg and Barcelona, ​​in Paris the public record in France was also broken: 43,254 spectators at PSG's home.

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