Bühl, Harder and Bayern’s belief of reaching the Champions League final
Bühl, Harder and Bayern’s belief of reaching the Champions League final FC Bayern Women head to Barcelona with confidence as they look to make history in the semi-final second leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League on Sunday (kick-off at 16:30 CEST). The Camp Nou is the stage as Bayern’s Frauen look to reach the final of a European competition for the first time ever. With Pernille Harder hunting yet another record and Klara Bühl producing numerous magical moments already this season, Bayern know they have what it takes with the tie finely poised at 1-1 .
Here’s some of the key pre-match stats and facts you need to know. Harder close to next milestone Harder already has her place in the Women’s Champions League history books, ranking fourth in the all-time scoring list with 48 goals alongside Conny Pohlers. Only Ada Hegerberg (69), Anja Mittag (51) and Eugénie Le Sommer (50) remain ahead of Bayern’s Dane as she looks to make her mark on the competition once more.
She has continued to add to that total with regularity this season thanks to her seven goals. It’s the second-highest tally by a Bayern player in the Women’s Champions League behind Vivianne Miedema’s eight in 2016/17. One more for the 33-year-old at the Camp Nou would see her equal that record, while she’s also chasing Barcelona’s Ewa Pajor and Arsenal’s Alessia Russo to be this season’s top scorer.
They both have eight ahead of the weekend’s semi-finals. A first European final in sight Bayern have twice before come close to reaching the Champions League final, falling short in the semis both times with a 2-0 aggregate loss to Barcelona in 2018/19 and then a 5-3 defeat over two legs against Chelsea in 2020/21, in which Sarah Zadrazil scored a great goal in London but Harder also netted for the Blues. 🔎 Take a closer look at Barcelona ahead of the second leg: Spotlight on the Blaugrana: Barcelona opposition profile Bayern look a more mature and developed team this season, though.
They have lost just one game across all competitions, which came in Barcelona in the opening fixture of the league phase. Apart from that, it’s been almost perfect. A 2-0 win away at Werder Bremen during the week made it 20 victories in a row in the Bundesliga for the newly crowned champions, while also taking the season’s goal tally to 122 across the league, DFB Cup and Champions League – a club record the team will look to build on in Sunday’s second leg.