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Chance to make history

UEFA via Getty Images The Spain goalkeeper, whose father was a professional footballer and mother an athletics champion, broke into the top division aged 18 with Levante and moved to Barcelona in 2015. In the following five campaigns she featured in the UEFA Women's Champions League Squad of the Season four times, as many as Lyon's Sarah Bouhaddi, and must be a good bet to make it five this time. In her time at Barcelona, Paños has conceded on average just one goal every two games with several long spells of clean sheets, with similar form for Spain. Her agility, presence and ball distributi...

Why they can win it Barcelona have reached at least the quarter-finals for the last five seasons and have been getting better every year. They did make the final in 2019 but were big outsiders against Lyon in Budapest and found themselves 4-0 down early on. Last season by contrast Barcelona were unfortunate to lose 1-0 to Wolfsburg in the semis and their performances against Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain this time round have given them the look of Lyon a decade ago before their first title: a team from a league yet to taste victory in this competition but seeming to have all ingredi...

Caroline Graham stars in new episode of “Dare to play” The fourth episode of the documentary series produced by Barça Studios is launched on Tuesday through Barça Studios, and offers an in-depth look at the Barça Women players Club Copy link Graham, born in Oslo on February 18th, 1995, is the star of the fourth instalment of the series, looking at her career and how she started out in football whilst also showing some of her other pastimes. 'Dare to Play,' produced by Barça Studios, premieres today exclusively on Barça TV +, the club's digital streaming pl...

Jorge Vilda: “Virginia is setting an inspirational example!” Jorge Vilda: “Virginia is setting an inspirational example!” Having last caught up with Spain boss Jorge Vilda back in July, when La Selección’s former U-17 and U-19 supremo was celebrating five years in the top job, She Kicks’ reporter Nick Aitken checked back in with the 39-year-old tactician to go over 2020’s landmark moments, look ahead to England 2022, and how he’s “counting the days” until Virginia Torrecilla’s return to action. She Kicks: Thanks for your time Jorge, we’d first like you to reflect on...