Evergreen Putellas a shining light for fearsome Barcelona

Not even the sight of multiple construction cranes towering across the skyline could ruin the spectacle of Barcelona Femeni's grand return to the upgraded Spotify Camp Nou. Over 1,000 days on from their last appearance there, it had never felt more like home.

The red carpet was rolled out in celebration and Barcelona's stars indulged on their elevated stage, underlining the gulf in class between's Spain's Clasico giants. 'El nostre cami' read the mosaic that greeted the players on their entrance to the pitch: 'our path' or 'our way' in Catalan.