The group stage match of the Women's Champions League between FCBarcelona and Arsenal Women has been moved to Thursday, November 12, at 6:45 p.m., at SpotifyCampNou. The modification was made to avoid overlapping with the general strike that had been called for Wednesday the 11th, the original date of the match, which would have generated significant access problems to the stadium.
The Catalan club had initially requested to move the match to Tuesday the 10th, with the intention of also avoiding inconvenience in the lead-up. However, Arsenal Women were unable to change their English Premier League schedule, as the team is scheduled to play on Sunday, November 8 at Liverpool Stadium, at 1:00 p.m. Given this impossibility, UEFA accepted Barça's proposal to postpone the match, but set the new date for Thursday the 12th instead of Tuesday the 10th.
Barcelona presents itself as the current champion of the competition and leader of the group, after two resounding victories in the first two games: 5-2 over ParisFC at the Estadi JohanCruyff and 0-6 at the Roma stadium. The Barça squad, which includes the presence of former player Mariona Caldentey, will once again wear the Blaugrana at the CampNou, although this time as a visitor to Arsenal.
Arsenal Women, for their part, will have to balance their schedule with the Premier League match the previous weekend and the new date of the European match. The London team will face Liverpool on Sunday the 8th, which will give them a day of rest before the Champions League match.
The CampNou has already been the scene of a women's match of the season, when Barça beat Madrid 7-0 in the League, in front of 40,533 spectators. That match showed the quality and depth of the Catalan club's squad, which continues to establish itself as one of the strongest teams in world women's football.
With the new date on the calendar, fans will be able to enjoy the duel without the restrictions that the strike would have caused. Barça and Arsenal will face each other in a contest that promises to be decisive for group classification, as both teams seek to consolidate their position in the group stage of the Women's Champions League.