How Barcelona Femeni are inspiring Xavi and redefining supremacy

Last week, Barcelona Femeni won their third consecutive Primera Division.

With six matchdays to go.

They’ve been top of the table since the second week of the season and have won every match of the season.

With a goal difference of 130, it is safe to say that there is dominance. And then there is Barcelona.

Their capabilities go beyond the league. They easily topped their Champions League group, brushing aside Arsenal and Hoffenheim to breeze into the quarter-finals. They face Real Madrid tomorrow for the first leg, the team they thumped 5-0 just last week to win the league.

Having already won the Supercopa de Espana, the club are aiming for an unprecedented quadruple as an attempt to one-up last season’s treble. The quadruple would be a feat that no other Spanish club has accomplished.

Last season’s treble included winning the club’s first-ever UEFA Women’s Champions League. Saying that they beat Chelsea in the final would be an understatement as the eventual champions humbled the English club, scoring four goals in the first 36 minutes.

A week ago today Barcelona were crowned #UWCL Champions!

Watch highlights of their stunning 4-0 victory over Chelsea in Gothenburg.#UWCLfinal | @FCBfemeni pic.twitter.com/TbJXYbp6w5

— UEFA Women’s Champions League (@UWCL) May 23, 2021

Barcelona’s rise really is nothing short of remarkable. It was only a few years ago Olympique Lyonnais were widely considered the best women’s football team in the world.

The Spanish giants have made it look easy, but anyone at the club will tell you that the process of becoming the best team in the world was anything but.

In fact, the club hasn’t even been professional for a full decade yet.

Back in 2010, the idea of the board even becoming involved