Barca stylish but we'll do more than watch in final: Popp

The 2021 champions are firm favourites to win the game and defeated Wolfsburg in last season's semi-finals 5-3 on aggregate. However German attacker Popp said that while she enjoyed watching Barcelona's football, she and her teammates would be out to spoil their rhythm at the PSV Stadium in Eindhoven.

"They're one of the best teams, it's fun to watch them - but we're not going to watch them tomorrow, let me tell you that. Barcelona's style is quite tricky to play against. They move the ball very well, so you have to play tactically, very cleverly," Popp told a news conference Friday.

"Everybody on the pitch has to give 100 percent, (and be) very disciplined. If someone makes a mistake, it's difficult to get the ball back. It's hard to play against, but I think we can do it."

Popp, 32 and a key figure for club and country, won the Champions League twice with Wolfsburg in 2013 and 2014, but her team has been frustrated since. They were runners-up in 2016, 2018 and 2020, and Barcelona thrashed them 5-1 in the first leg of last season's semi-final.

However the German side won 2-0 at home in the second leg, not enough to turn the tie around but a result they are looking to build on in this year's final.

"We have to consider the second leg - we learned a lot in that one week. We made some developments from the first game, we've made quite a few steps forward this season," said Wolfsburg coach Tommy Stroot.

"I said I would like to play Barcelona in one game, in a final, because we think we have a good chance to win tomorrow, we have special qualities."