FC Barcelona and Levante Badalona meet in the second leg of their 2025/2026 Queen’s Cup semi-final at the Johan Cruyff Stadium with their minds set on another date and another field: the final that will be played on May 16 at the Insular Stadium in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
FC Barcelona lineup
This is Pere Romeu’s starting lineup, with Salma Paralluelo on the left back: Gemma Font; Ona Batlle, Aïcha, Marta Torrejón, Salma Paralluelo; Patri Guijarro, Vicky López, Alexia Putellas; Graham Hansen, Ewa Pajor, Claudia Pina.
Levante Badalona lineup
For its part, Levante Badalona’s eleven is as follows: Carla Valenzuela; Ana González, Barclais, Sonia Majarín, Paula Sánchez; Elena Julve, María Llompart, Lorena Navarro, Uribe; Banini and Pinillos.
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The all-powerful Barça Femení faces an almost unknown scenario in the Queen’s Cup in recent years: facing a second leg with everything to decide after a draw in the first leg. A week ago, Levante Badalona managed to leave the current champions scoreless with a great game from their goalkeeper María Valenzuela, who was already injured in the knee and now will not be in this match, Clara Abdon taking her place.
With eleven titles under its belt, FC Barcelona is the most awarded team in the cup competition. Since 2019, the Blaugrana have been present in five of the last six finals. They only missed the 2023 event when they were eliminated due to the improper alignment of Geyse Ferreira in their round of 16 match against Osasuna when he was carrying a suspension match from the previous season when he played for Madrid CFF.
For Levante Badalona it is already a dream to have reached the semifinals of the Copa de la Reina for the first time and now they are only 90 or 120 minutes away from being able to overcome that barrier with an even greater feat: knocking down a giant of world football at home.
At Barça, Aitana Bonmatí and Laia Alexandri are still out for a long time, and Mapi León is not leaving the infirmary due to her ankle discomfort, although that moment is now closer. He does return to the Cata Coll squad after the arthroscopy he underwent a few weeks ago, although in principle he will wait his turn on the bench.
Nerea Carmona is also out for Levante Badalona, who was injured in this weekend’s 0-4 league defeat against Granada. On that day, FC Barcelona reaffirmed its leadership in League F by beating Deportivo Abanca 0-2 in Riazor.
The Andalusian referee Lorena Trujillano directs the match.
