At 20 years and 8 months, she became the youngest Portuguese footballer to score in a World Cup, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo’s record that had stood for 16 years. A season later, Kika Nazareth is one of the most outstanding forwards in women’s football, but in her new adventure at Barça she had not met expectations. But that ended yesterday. Against Levante, the Lisbon jewel took off the heavy backpack of being the most expensive player in Barça history (Barça paid 500,000 euros for her signing) and gave free rein to all her talent to guide the team to victory.
An assist for Vicky López’s goal, a goal from a great finisher and a shot against the post that Claudia Pina took advantage of in the second instance to score the third, in addition to a multitude of details of a great soccer player, was her contribution in her first great day as a Barcelona player.
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The Portuguese scored her first goal with the Barça shirt and won the MVP
The match was not easy for Barça. Pere Romeu introduced a large number of rotations and despite Vicky’s dominance and early goal (13), Levante always stood up. Chacón’s speed on the counterattack was a constant headache before Daniela Arqués (23) equalized with a long shot.
Before the break, Pina found Kika (35) in the area, who scored his first goal for his new club with a left-footed cross. At the restart Pina (47) gave peace of mind after collecting the rebound from a shot by Kika that hit the post. In the final stretch, Paredes (82) made the fourth header after a corner.
Good Levante
Barça was superior from start to finish, but found more opposition than expected in the first half
A hard-fought triumph for this Barça, which maintains its total number of victories in the F League and has found another reason to smile in Kika Nazareth
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