2023-10-15 20:42:27
Atlético could not interfere in the hand in hand that Barça and Real Madrid maintain in the lead, his two greatest rivals. Alexia Putellas confirmed that the rojiblanco eleven has been relegated to a lower level. The Barça captain sealed the reigning champion’s first place in their visit to Alcalá de Henares with the decisive goal.
Only a mistake by Barça could frustrate the presumed victory of Jonatan Giráldez’s team, which dominated the game from the first minute, after a loss of the ball allowed the Madrid team to go around the Cata Coll area, once again chosen by the coach to defend the goal. Atlético did not come close again in the first set except for a corner in which it resulted Mapi León injured by an elbow from Van Dongen that opened his eyebrow. He spent Barça playing for a while with ten and it was not even noticeable due to the tyrannical dominance that he exercised from possession of the ball. Cata gave value to Alexia’s goal by avoiding a tie three minutes from the end against Sheila.
Possession without occasions
A possession that seemed like an end in itself, meant to prevent anything from happening. Neither against nor for. Because Barça did not know how to create chances that would break the score and the boredom that was beginning to spread on the field.
Giráldez reactivated the team demanding more verticality and daring and very soon they reciprocated with a pass into space from Brugts to Patri, who went deep as an interior right and gave the goal to Alexia, who broke the tie with Jenni Hermoso as Barça’s top scorer (182 goals).
Brugts took the place of the injured Graham Hansen and Walsh relieved Clàudia Pina in the eleven that beat Real Sociedad. Giráldez did not allow any more changes against the Atlético entity, one of the best teams in League F, and which tried to rebalance the score when it found itself at a disadvantage. He had nothing to defend, having lost the tie that he wanted to preserve.
He was about to get it back in a Sheila’s escape alone to Cata Coll, that destroyed the World Cup goal. Atlético, stripped of fear and precautions, He besieged the Blaugranas, who ended up entrenching themselves in the area to defend the three points.
Datasheet
Atletico Madrid: Lola Gallardo; Moraza, Van Dongen, Menayo, Medina; Margarín; Crnogorcevic, Santos, Banini; Ajibade; Sheila. Técnico: Manolo Cano. Substitutions: Eva Navarro for Crnogorcevic (m. 58); Boe Risa por Majarín (m. 58); Gaby por Banini (m. 58); Cardona por Ajibade (m. 62); Lucía Moral by Van Dongen (m. 80).
FC Barcelona: Cata Coll; Bronze, Paredes, Mapi, Batlle; Aitana, Walsh, Patri; Brugts, Alexia, Mariona. Coach: Jonatan Giráldez. Changes: Salma for Brugts (d. 62); Engen by Walsh (d. 77); Pina by Mariona (d. 77); Oshoala by Alexia (d. 77); Torrejón by Patri (d. 89).
Goals: 0-1 (m. 51), Alexia.
Referee: Zulema González.
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Cards: Majarín, Eva Navarro.
Estadio: Alcalá de Henares.
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