Aitana Bonmatí and Alexia Putellas lead Barcelona within the Champions League: 2-0 towards Olympique de Lyon

Aitana Bonmatí, after scoring the purpose. (Miguel Toña/EFE)

The third time was the attraction. he Ladies FC Barcelona I wished revenge, after shedding twice within the closing of the Champions League towards the French membership, in 2019 and 2022. And though they entered the sport as favorites and present champions – the gamers of the Catalan staff received the european competitors final yr -, marked the load of the occasion and the dedication of the French ladies in a really controversial sport, the place there was all the time the sensation that something may occur, that anybody may win.

However in the long run, the most effective made the distinction, Aitana Bonmatí and Alexia Putellas, in targets that had been so symbolic on the similar time that they gave the impression to be metaphors for the careers of those athletes. The winner of the Ballon d’Or for the most effective footballer on this planet in 2023 was the creator of the one purpose, after enjoying alone. At that second the celebration began on the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao, the place the match was held and set a brand new attendance file for the ladies’s Champions League closing: 50,827 spectators. The bulk, in favor of the Catalan membership.

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FC Barcelona is subsequently the most effective ladies’s staff on this planet in the mean time. And he does it by defeating Olympic sport Lyonthe membership that has undoubtedly marked the primary period of this sport, with eight champions since 2010, together with six of the final eight titles (the opposite two, to be exact, had been received by Barcelona).

And the ladies’s Barça has received third champions. The primary was within the 2020-21 version, once they received 0-4 towards Chelsea on the finish. The following occasion got here within the 2022-23 season, after passing the Wolfsburg within the closing 3-2. However they needed to beat their huge rival, Olympique de Lyon, who that they had by no means met earlier than.

Alexia Putellas makes it 2-0. (Miguel Toña/EFE)

“It hurts me quite a bit that it ended like this,” Alexia Putellas mentioned in 2019, after the primary win towards the French within the European closing. Now he applies that thorn to the a purpose that made it 2-0 already in harm time, incomes the seals of the sport. He was solely on the pitch for 5 minutes, however it was greater than sufficient.

Earlier than that, within the 63rd minute, Aitana Bonmatí had lastly solved the French protection, which within the first half didn’t enable Barcelona to get nearer to the hazard they’re used to and even had an opportunity to take the lead. However within the second halfthe Catalan membership moved on and he had the prize.

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Barcelona has received every part this yr: League, Tremendous Cup, Queen’s Cup and Champions League. “It is a dream come true,” Alexia Putellas mentioned proper after the sport. “Our goal was 4 out of 4, we could not have requested for extra, we now have achieved every part we wished. It was price each minute of labor and each sacrifice.”