Barcelona 5-1 Roma (6-1 agg) Barcelona cruised into the last four of the Women’s Champions League for the fifth straight year by routing Roma 5-1 in the second leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday. Barcelona advanced 6-1 on aggregate and will face defending champion Lyon or Chelsea in April’s semifinals: Lyon defeated Barcelona 3-1 in last year’s final. Fridolina Rolfö scored twice in the first half and Mapi León added another to make it 3-0 by the break. Asisat Oshoala and Patri Guijarro scored two more shortly after interval before Annamaria Serturini netted a fine consolation goal for Roma. After winning the opening leg 1-0 at Stadio Olimpico in Rome in front of a record-setting crowd of 39,454, Barcelona dominated from the start at Camp Nou. Oshoala knocked down a cross for unmarked Rolfö in the 11th minute to fire in a low shot from 10 yards to double the aggregate lead. Just after the half-hour mark, León unleashed an unstoppable left-footed drive from well outside the area that gave diving Roma goalkeeper Camelia Ceasar no chance. In first-half stoppage time, Caroline Graham Hansen broke down the right to provide a precise cross for Rolfö at the far post to tap in her second. Just seconds in the second half, Aitana Bonmatí presented another perfectly timed cross from the right for Oshoala to make it 4-0 from close range. And minutes later, Guijarro headed in Hansen’s corner for the fifth. Righto, that’s us done for now, but please check back – here or on the main bit of the site – for our report. And in the meantime, wade right into this. Oooh yeah! Full-time: Barcelona (6) 5-1 (1) Roma Another fine show and a fifth WCL semi in a row for Barca, who not only outclassed Roma – ruthlessly – but looked to have plenty more in the tank. It’ll take something very serious to stop them, though Chelsea and Lyon are both that. 90+3 min And from 25 yards, Giugliano flights the free-kick over the top. 90+2 min Fernandez yanks back Kramzar who might’ve stolen a yard; she’s booked. 90+2 min As this tie expires, we should credit Roma , who’ve improved massively, for getting this far and for sticking to it when other, less resolute sides might’ve collapsed. 90 min There’ll be three added minutes. 90 min Back to what might happen next, I’d expect the winner to come from the Barca/Chelsea/Lyon semi; from what I’ve seen, only Paris, of the teams in the other half of the bracket have enough to trouble those three in a big game. 88 min Barca keep the ball. Of course they do. 86 min Another Barca corner, Caesar comes and flaps, then Patri hooks goalwards and Linari clears. But Barca come again and Geyse, with a sight of goal, powers one of those dead quick futsal-style strikes, bringing a fine save out of Caesar to flings out an arm to spear behind. The resultant corner comes to nothing. 85 min Patri sends a ball in behind and Caesar dashes out, doing just enough to poke away from Geyse. 84 min I think, over two legs, this Barca side will be very difficult to beat, because their possession-heavy style – and general brilliance – makes them likely to outscore anyone. But over one 90 minutes, there’s greater scope for them to have an off-night or for an opponent to have a day out, so I imagine they’ll be the team everyone wants to avoid in the draw. 82 min Hello! Here come Roma down the right, Di Gugliano crossing low for Kramzar, darting towards the near post, but she can’t find the contact she needs, sending the ball skewing wide which allows Bronze to clear up. 80 min Change for Barca, the fantastic Rolfo replaced by Rabano. 79 min I’ve not a clue who’s going to win this trophy, but Barca are my favourites. Chelsea, though, have Lauren James and Sam Kerr able to get in behind then do something – the matchup might work nicely for them, in some ways – while Lyon come armed with the certainty that they can do it. 78 min Another change for Roma, Ciccotti on for Andressa. 76 min Barce have looked especially nasty down the right and they triangulate again in that area, before Patri sends in a cross that Fernandez can’t quite control. 74 min Now the corner comes in and someone – Patri I think – is up, but again, Linari blocks. Hers has been a colossal performance; without it, this is close to double figures. 73 min Barca win a corner so both sides use the break in play to make a change: Barca take off Leon, who’s been excellent, and send on Fernandez; Roma remove Giacinti and give Kramzar a go. 72 min Barca have an overload down the right and Graham Hansen tells Geyse to leave the ball for her … before clipping it square behind anyone who might do something with it. 70 min Another decent corner, this time curled in by Leon – it’s from the right, not the left – and at the back post, Geyse heads over. 70 min Graham Hansen has been quieter second half, but here she is again down the right and again, Linari is there to block her cross behind. 68 min I’ve not a clue who’ll win that Arsenal v Bayern tie. If arsenal were at full-strength, I’d expect them to see it home, but they really struggled to control Lea Schuller in the first leg and Bayern will have taken loads of confidence from beating Wolfsburg at the weekend. 66 min A triple-change for barca, Oshoala, Paralluelo and Walsh going off, Geyse, Vilamala and Syrstad Engen coming on. 65 min Yeah, we aren’t finished with this; not a long chalk. 63 min Roma are game, and when Andressa finds Giacinti, she shoots from 20 yards and a sprawling Panos saves. 62 min Barca are hunting for more but they lose possession and Oshoala isn’t having another counter, tripping De Guglielmo and wearing the inevitable yellow card. 60 min Linari has been a giant tonight, and she saves her side again when Bonmati feeds Patri, who flicks the other way to play Oshoala in. But just as 6-1 looks inevitable, she hesistates and Linari slides in to block her delayed effort. LOVELY GOAL! Barcelona (6) 5-1 (1) Roma (Serturini 58) Roma counter and Andressa finds Serturini, just right of centre; she teases Leon, swaying inside and out, then drills a fine finish into the far bottom corner! The comeback is on! 57 min Eeesh, almost a sixth! Again, it’s Bonmati digging a psss out wide to Rolfo, and the only reason Oshoala doesn’t nod her cross home is that as she’s shaping so to do, Linari gets a flick on the ball. 55 min Ch ch ch changes: Roa send on Glionna and Di Guglielmo for Haavi and Bartoli. GOAL! Barca (6) 5-0 (0) Roma (Patri 54) Hansen swings her corner in towards the near post, where Patri leaps alone and flicks a header home; ouch. If you’re conceding those, there’s no limit to how many others you might also concede. 53 min Roma look tired now, at sixes and sevens, and when Bonmati sends Rolfo down the left, it takes an exhausted, desperate lunge from Linari to stop the ball falling for Oshoala at cost of a corner. 51 min Barca don’t look to have settled. Oh dear. and it’s worth noting that three of their four goals have come from defenders; what if their attackers get themselves going? 48 min So what do we think about teams showing mercy? To give examples from my own football-watching career, I felt uncomfortable watching Man United beat Arsenal 8-2 in 2011, and was grateful Barca settled for 3-1 in the Champions League final earlier that year. GOAL! Barcelona (5) 4-0 (0) Roma (Oshoala 46) Gosh, this could get seriously vicious. Bronze coaxes a lush pass in behind, Bonmati races after it, far too quick for Greggi, and slides across to give Oshoala – who was extremely frustrated with her inability to score in the first leg – a tap-in.