INTERNATIONAL: Fans arrived ahead of the Women's Champions League quarter-final clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou on Wednesday 30th March, which is on track to set an attendance record for a women's match.
With all 99,354 tickets sold out, the match is set to eclipse the record of 60,739 fans for a women's club game, set in 2019 at Atletico Madrid's Metropolitano stadium, where the hosts beat Barca 2-0 in a league match.
But Wednesday's match could also beat the overall attendance record for a women's game set at the 1999 World Cup final between the United States and China, when 90,195 fans were in attendance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
"To get 91,000 is an aggressive objective but we accepted the challenge and want to break the record,” club president Joan Laporta told Barcelona-based radio RAC1.
Barca captain Alexia Putellas told a news conference on Tuesday (March 29) that the match may mark the "beginning of a new era".
Barcelona, who won the first leg of the quarter-final 3-1 normally play at the more modest Johan Cruyff stadium at the club's training facilities. They have the best attendance in the league with an average of 2,938 fans per game.
