The passionate Spanish "Derby Nacional" has not only swept the men's and women's soccer worlds, but the "women's version" has also received a wave of favorable comments. At dawn on Thursday (31st), the second leg of the Women's UEFA Europa League quarter-final started in Barcelona, with the Barcelona women's soccer team facing the Real Madrid women's soccer team. The stadium was packed with 91,553 fans, breaking the record for the highest single-game attendance in the history of women's soccer.
As we all know, the match between La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid always attracts global attention. The fervor for the "Derby of Nations" spread to women's soccer as well, and by the end of the first half of the match, 91,553 enthusiastic spectators had gathered at the Luying Stadium, a number that surpassed the record crowd of 90,185 that attended the 1999 Women's World Cup final, which pitted the U.S. women's soccer team against the Chinese women's soccer team.
The Barcelona women's soccer team, who won the first round 3-1, lived up to the expectations of their home fans and beat Real Madrid women's soccer team 5-2 in the second round, with a total score of 8-3 in the two rounds, successfully advancing to the quarterfinals.
