Barcelona 3-1 Benfica | UEFA Women’s Champions League 25/26 | UEFA.com Barcelona secure a crucial victory thanks to a brilliant team performance and strikes from Ewa Pajor, Laia Aleixandri and an own goal. Benfica fought hard and responded straight after half-time, but ultimately they had no answer to the hosts’ dominance.

The full squad: Ter Stegen, Balde, Cubarsí, Ferran, Pedri, Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Joan Garcia, Rashford, Christensen, Fermín, Casado, Gerard Martin, F. De Jong, Bernal, Kounde, Eric, Kochen, Jofre, Dro, Roony, Tommy.

The result was bad. What happened in the stands was worse. The Camp Nou was white. Of the 79,468 spectators who attended, an estimated 30,000 were Eintracht fans. The official visiting allocation was 5,000, but supporters in their tens of thousands bought tickets put up for sale by Barcelona members.

A tactical tweak could yet raise the level of the world-beating Spaniard.

Barcelona appear to be managing to recover their best version, accumulating four consecutive victories led by a Lamine Yamal in full form. However, the 18-year-old star could lose a key teammate as Marc Casado is being targeted by a top Premier League team.

Barcelona is under fire after signing a crypto sponsorship with a barely-known start-up called Zero-Knowledge Proof, registered in Samoa. Fans and experts are raising alarms that the club is ignoring red flags just to scrape together more money,

The Atlético Madrid striker has been consistently linked to Camp Nou.

Time has moved at a different tempo for Boston Legacy FC general manager Domènec Guasch since he was hired almost exactly one year ago. As he leads the monumental task of building the roster of a brand new soccer club from scratch, every second counts before the team makes its NWSL debut on March 14 at Gillette Stadium.

FC Barcelona manager Hansi Flick announced the squad list for the match against CA Osasuna a few minutes ago. The headline was the return of club captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who has been named in the squad for a La Liga game for the first time this season.