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Player appraisals as Barça take semi-last initiativeBarcelona have one foot in the Women's Champions League last after an insistent 5-1 semi-last first leg prevail upon Wolfsburg.
A Camp Nou record horde of 91,648 drag observer to a glimmering Blaugrana show as Jonatan Giraldez's side ran out weighty champs.
Ballon d'Or Feminin holder Alexia Putellas almost put the hosts ahead with under 60 seconds on the clock after Wolfsburg neglected to follow her spat behind, however her work was directly at goalkeeper Almuth Schult.
In any case, Barcelona started to lead the pack only seconds after the fact through Aitana Bonmati. The midfielder made an extraordinary run onto Fridolina Rolfo's free-kick, getting focus backs Kathrin-Julia Hendrich and Dominique Janssen dozing, and this time Schult was feeble to forestall an objective.
Rolfo and Ana Maria Crnogorcevic both almost added a second as Barça's quick beginning proceeded, yet the two of them hauled their shots wide of the Wolfsburg net.
In the 10th moment, Caroline Graham Hansen at long last multiplied the lead, getting an eminent objective against her previous club. Crnogorcevic gave Janssen the slip way too effectively and delivered the Norwegian, sitting Joelle Wedemeyer on her rear and completing cooly.
At the opposite end, Svenja Huth was two times denied - first by a last-ditch leeway from Irene Paredes and afterward a short proximity save from Sandra Panos.
Schult must be close by to keep Hendrich from scoring an own objective, however again couldn't prevent Barcelona from scoring when Jennifer Hermoso added a third, clearing home Marta Torrejon's reduction.
Putellas got Barça's fourth right away before the break when she met Patricia Guijarro's ball between the middle backs, with Schult tipping the underlying exertion onto the post before the 28-year-old tapped in the bounce back.
Barcelona had the ball in the net for a fifth time frame when Crnogorcevic tapped in after Paredes' header from a corner was spilled by Schult, however the banner was up for offside.
A superb Blaugrana move saw Torrejon go one-on-one with Schult yet again the veteran German acted the hero.
Huth's hurl over Panos fell some unacceptable side of the post as the guests attempted to muscle their direction back into the tie, and Jill Roord thought she had gotten one back subsequent to being fallen through by Tabea Wassmuth yet the banner was raised. Be that as it may, after an extensive VAR check, the objective was permitted to stand.
Substitute Claudia Pina had a strike tipped onto the bar by Schult as the hosts hoped to reestablish their four-objective lead, before individual sub Asisat Oshoala was two times denied by the bustling goalkeeper.
Barça were granted a punishment when Janssen cut down Putellas, and the midfielder moved forward to opening home from the space and adjust Friday's scoring.
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