Years go by and the devotion felt by FC Barcelona Femení's supporters for their team remains intact. The club's commitment to its women's section remains strong, and the blaugrana team has never lowered its level. They continue to invest in the youth academy, in signing young talents, and also in established players. These three factors, when combined, provide a brilliant present and a promising future for the group currently led by Pere Romeu.
In the 2020/21 season, when Barça had already established itself as the team to beat for other Spanish teams and also for most European rivals, Florentino Pérez decided that this had to change. First, because with the rise of women's soccer in our country, Real Madrid needed to have representation in this sport. Second, because someone had to overshadow a blaugrana project that was achieving something of vital importance; making the entire international soccer scene recognize FC Barcelona as the best women's soccer club worldwide. What the top white executive, someone unaccustomed to not achieving his goals, didn't count on was that financial power doesn't always guarantee success.
To avoid seeing Real Madrid starting from the lowest categories of our women's soccer, the president of the Merengue team completed the absorption of CD Tacón, a club founded in 2014 with a team in the first division. Overnight, Real Madrid's women's team went from not existing to having a spot, with its name and crest, in the top national competition. They made signings to ensure the Merengue team was at the top of the table, fighting for everything, but they didn't calculate the impact of urgently facing an unstoppable Barça.
The eagerness to stop the blaugrana's successes has been Florentino's worst enemy, who didn't consider the price he would have to pay for trying to overshadow a soccer powerhouse like FC Barcelona. He has managed to have his team play in the Women's Champions League, finish second in Liga F, but has been tremendously outmatched in direct duels with Barça. Last Thursday, in the umpteenth thrashing inflicted by the blaugranas over the Whites, in this case 0 to 5 in the Copa de la Reina semifinals, the audience at Valdebebas erupted and rightly so. There are 17 blaugrana victories in 17 clásicos, with 63 goals in favor of the Barcelonistas and only 7 for the Madrilenians. Embarrassing data for someone who wanted to stop the blaugrana's dominance overnight without realizing that this hegemony was the result of decades of work.
For a blaugrana supporter, few gifts can make them happier than a victory over Real Madrid, whether in soccer, basketball, or marbles. In this case, it's 17 gifts in the form of triumphs in just 5 years, most of them very clear, for a fanbase that remains devoted to its players. And also 17 lessons for the leader of the eternal rival, who started attending the duels between both teams but has ended up giving up, not wanting to be an exceptional spectator of the constant blaugrana exhibitions. The message is clear for someone used to getting his way with financial power; not everything can be bought, Spanish women's soccer is blaugrana.