Barcelona vs Roma Women's Champions League preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, starting line-ups

Barcelona and Roma meet in their UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final second leg on Wednesday 29 March at Camp Nou.

What do you need to know?

Barcelona have won all their four UEFA Women's Champions League games at Camp Nou over the last 12 months, totalling 19 goals in front of a combined 258,888 fans. Salma Paralluelo chose a good time to open her European account with her fine finish at the Stadio Olimpico last week for a 1-0 win.

Roma, though, were more than a credit to the Italian record crowd of close to 40,000. Even if they could not wipe out the deficit on the night, they served notice that the debutants might just possibly deny the Blaugrana a fifth straight semi-final.

Much focus will be on long-time Barcelona player Vicky Losada, now at Roma, as she hopes to finally make her Camp Nou bow having missed out while still at the club when they faced Espanyol there in January 2021 (Roma's other ex-Barcelona player, Andressa Alves, was already in the Italian capital by then).

The odds favour the home side (still perfect in the Liga after defeating Real Madrid on Saturday), but Roma pushed Wolfsburg hard in the group stage and might yet give Barcelona their sternest Camp Nou test yet.

Form guide

Barcelona
Last six games (most recent result first): WWWWWW
Last match: Barcelona 1-0 Real Madrid, 25/03
Where they stand: 1st in Spanish Liga

Roma
Last six games (most recent result first): LWWLWW
Last match: Roma 0-1 Barcelona, 21/03 (Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg)
Where they stand: 1st in Serie A, Coppa Italia final

Line-ups

Barcelona: Paños; Bronze, Paredes, León, Rolfö; Bonmatí, Walsh, Guijarro; Graham Hansen, Oshoala, Paralluelo

Roma: Ceasar; Bartoli, Wenninger, Linari, Minami; Serturini, Giugliano, Losada, Haavi; Andressa Alves, Giacinti

View from the camps

Jonatan Giráldez, Barcelona coach: "It's the most important game of the season. You have to attack and defend well. Offensively, we need to create chances, and not switch off defensively. You have to tune in at both ends.

"Roma are a team that adopt different defensive structures in the same match. We are not surprised, they adapt very quickly throughout the match. It requires us to have tools to adapt. We have to manage the transitions."

Sandra Paños, Barcelona goalkeeper: "The support of the fans gives us another boost for this game. In Rome we experienced a great atmosphere and I want it to happen here too. It will be a very nice match to watch.

“I am very excited that Vicky Losada can play at Camp Nou. She deserves it and even more so because she couldn't do it in 2021 due to COVID."

Alessandro Spugna, Roma coach: "Roma must play a great game, with a lot of intensity, with a lot of heart and great sacrifice. We will have to counterattack very well. In the quarter-finals and against Barça, it is normal for it to be very difficult."

Vicky Losada, Roma midfielder: "I would be lying if I said that it does not excite me. I have been doing preparing emotionally for a month so that it does not affect me. I have received many messages and I am very grateful for them. It will be something unforgettable for me.

"I hope [Roma can go through], but you have to be realistic. The Italian league and the Italian Cup are one world, Europe is another. You have to be humble, I think we can have chances and we can't waste all the effort we made in Italy."

Where is the 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final being played?

UEFA

Eindhoven's PSV Stadium will stage the 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final at 16:00 CET on Saturday 3 June.

First opened in 1910, the 35,000-capacity PSV Stadium has a long history of hosting major matches, including the UEFA Cup finals of 1978 (second leg) and 2006, the second leg of the 1988 UEFA Super Cup and three games at UEFA EURO 2000.

On 6 April 2018, 30,238 fans at the home of PSV Eindhoven watched the Netherlands beat Northern Ireland on the way to the FIFA Women's World Cup, a record crowd for any UEFA-organised women's qualifier. On 1 June 2019, a then Dutch record women's football attendance of 30,640 saw the Netherlands face Australia in a friendly at the stadium.