Paredes reveals Barça “didn’t expect to have four goal lead” against Real Madrid
Paredes reveals Barça “didn’t expect to have four goal lead” against Real Madrid Irene Paredes admitted that Barcelona “did not expect to have a four goal lead” after the first leg of their UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final, but insisted that they “can do better” in the future. The 34-year-old defender scored Barça’s third goal of the evening at the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano, providing a definitive response after Linda Caicedo had halved the deficit just two minutes prior. Barcelona went on to claim a dominant 6-2 victory and will take that advantage into next week’s second leg.
Speaking to CBS Sports after the final whistle , Paredes commented: :We are so happy that we already beat them many times but each time is a new game, a new opportunity. Today it was an important game, a tough one also and we are happy with the result. “We wanted to win and we didn’t want to concede two goals, but Real Madrid are a really good team.
They had their chances. I think Linda [Caicedo] played a really good game, she scored both goals but we didn’t expect to have a four goal lead so we are happy with that. Of course we will have to continue working on the mistakes because we can do better.
” Wednesday’s meeting in the Spanish capital was the first of three head-to-head clashes in the space of eight days, with the teams set to contest a Liga F battle on Sunday before heading to the Spotify Camp Nou for the second leg of their UWCL quarter-final on Thursday. Paredes revealed that “it’s not easy to play against this team three times in a row in such a short period of time, but it’s like this. “We’re happy with the result, we will go back to Barcelona and we want to rest, we will prepare for the weekend’s game.
It is important also for us to win on the weekend to have good feelings but also to continue our road to the league title,” she explained. With seven games of the Liga F season left to play, Barça sit 10 points clear of Pau Quesada’s Real Madrid.