Mere moments later, another power-play down the right resulted in Bonmati popping the ball onto Guijarro’s head and that was two goals for her and two goals for Barça! Mapi Leon and Graham Hansen were both sensational in the build-up as Guijarro finished things off to throw the Catalans straight back into contention. They needed to turn things around quick, but nobody expected them to do it quite so quickly.
The only answer is that football can sometimes be a very cruel thing. And yet they were two goals down at the break. Guijarro once and twice!īarça were bringing almost all the ideas, creativity and chances to the game. Pajor provided the assist and German national team captain Alexandra Popp headed home. Instead, the blaugrana women got caught on the break and in practically their only other foray into the Barça area of the whole first half, Wolfsburg scored again. The pressure on the Wolfsburg goal was strong and insistent, but despite creating a chance after chance the equaliser just didn’t want to come. It was just three minutes old when Ewa Pajor, the top goalscorer in the competition, added one more to her account by pouncing on a moment of early confusion in the Barça defence and producing a scorching finish to fire the German side into the lead.īarça’s response to the early setback was immediate. And it could not have got off to a more frustrating start. But unlike the first, which they celebrated in front of an empty stadium at the height of the Covid crisis, this time they could share the moment with the thousands and thousands of blaugrana clad supporters who have been flooding the Dutch city of Eindhoven all weekend.
The players were barely back on the pitch before two goals in rapid succession, both converted by Patri Guijarro, had the sides back all square.Īnd then Fridolina Rolfo claimed the winner with 20 minutes to go.Īfter first winning the trophy in Gothenburg in 2021, Barça now have their second title. But they did what they failed to do a year ago and produced a spectacular comeback that people will be talking about for years. The spectre of Turin twelve months ago hung over the game as they found themselves trailing Wolfsburg by two goals at half time. Because that is where the women have won their second Champions League! And they did it in epic fashion. Eindhoven has a place in Barça hearts forever.
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