Water started falling on the Johan Cruyff. And it ended up raining seven Barcelona goals. Those who scored Pajor, Kika, Aitana, Walsh, Pina twice and Graham Hansen against St. Pölten on the third day of the Champions League. As it happened against the Swedish Hammarby, it was another walk for the Blaugrana. Because the Austrian champions arrived at Johan Cruyff with 0 points and eight losses.
After beating Atlético de Madrid, Romeu made rotations thinking about Saturday’s F League classic against Real Madrid
Nothing more was expected than a win and a few rotations at Barça. Because, although it is hard to believe due to the low level of League F, Barcelona is immersed in the most important week of the competition. They had just beaten Atlético in the traditional women’s classic and must face the new classic on Saturday against Real Madrid. So Romeu took out Excel. And Barça started playing fast and loose. With Jana Fernández on the right side. Without Paredes or Mapi León but with Torrejón accompanying Engen in the axis of defense. In the middle Walsh replaced Guijarro. Neither Alexia nor Graham Hansen started.
It was time to look to the future with Kika Nazareth. But especially with Vicky López, a young 18-year-old talent with a lot of potential and impeccable technique. However, he headed a shot from Pina that narrowly missed. There were more warnings. A failed shot by Aitana, two attempts by Pina and a shot by Engen that caused a commotion in the area due to possible hands by the Vracevic defense. But in the women’s Champions League there is no VAR. Football romantics may appreciate it. And the Greek referee Elenie Antoniou applied the classic “keep going, keep going.”
Claudia Pina emulates Cruyff’s flying spur shot
And boy did it continue. With five goals in 12 minutes. It all originated with Ona Batlle. The versatile winger occupied the left side yesterday. And she had so much fun that she joined the attack and assisted Ewa Pajor to make it 1-0. It stopped raining. And the goals began to fall every two minutes.
A play between Vicky and Aitana in the center ended in Kika’s right boot, which made its debut in the Champions League: 2-0. Then a furious Aitana took advantage of another second play to score the 3-0 with her eternal left foot. It was the 101st goal of his career. A minute later Walsh appeared to finish off a backward pass from Kika from the edge of the area: 4-0. And Pina flew in an acrobatic Cruyff-style spur shot: 5-0.
St Pölten responded by bringing out the four available players they had left on the bench to warm up. Among them, two goalkeepers. Wishing I could use three goalkeepers at once because there were 45 minutes left.
Pina took advantage of them, turning the most obvious penalty in history into a 6-0 scoreline. A demolition by Schumacher on Ona Batlle. Also Graham Hansen, who entered alongside Alexia under the intense applause of the 2,854 brave men to round out the score at 7-0. Given this win and the 9-0 against Hammarby, everything indicates that Barça, who lost in Manchester, will open Montjuïc on December 18 in full battle with City for the lead.
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