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Barça Femení players after the match against Benfica (5-0)

ALEXIA AND AITANA CONVERTED DOUBLES

Barça Femení debuts with a 'little hand' against Benfica in the Champions League (5-0)

Published:14/11/2023 - 23:33h

Updated:14/11/2023 - 23:33h

FC Barcelona Femení began the defense of its title in the Women's Champions League with a home win against Benfica (5-0). Jonatan Giráldez's team took advantage of doubles from Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí to put the game away

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The FC Barcelona Femení debuted in the Womens Champions League with a convincente goleada in front of the Benfica (5-0). The Barcelona group jumped to the Estadi Johan Cruyff with the firm intention to crush to his rival and did not take in doing cost his superiority in the marker, leaving to the rest with a clear advantage of three goals. In the complement, the ones of Jonatan Giráldez completed the 'manita', leaving very good feelings in the beginning of the defence of the title.

With Alexia in the role of false '9', the culés took advantage of the defensive passivity of the Benfica to advance in the minute 15. Putellas Hunted a balloon rebounded in the small area to open the tin and turn into the maximum goleadora of the Barça in Europe with 20 goals, one more than Jenni Beautiful. From there, the party was a Barcelona monologue that did not take in reflecting in the marker.

Aitana celebrated his Balloon of Gold with a doublet

In the minute 39', the Barça expanded the difference with the second goal of Alexia. The Barcelona star reached to comb a centre of Esmee Brugts to win the arch luso, but remained the doubt if really there was brush of the '11' or the balloon ingresó direct after the centre-kick of the Dutch. Five minutes later, Aitana cleared the party culminating a good played collective in which it could take the time to control in the area, seat to Ana Seiça and finish to empty door to put the 3-0.

After the rest, Patri Pebble replaced to Alexia by caution, a change that did not vary too much the dynamics of the party. In the 52', Aitana completed his doublet after taking advantage of an assistance of Graham to define with sutiliza in front of Seiça. In the 61', Asisat Oshoala converted the golazo of the night with the first balloon that touched. The Nigerian invented a perfect Chilean to take advantage of the centre of Graham, but big played individual of the Norwegian footballer. To the Benfica seemed to fall him a goleada of scandal, but Giráldez preferred to give rest to several headlines to tie up the victory. "If the party allows it to us, can think in giving rest to some players", had announced the Barcelona technician before the party.

Alexia gave the fright before the rest

Nevertheless, no all were good news in Can Barça this Tuesday. In the first part, 'the 11' culé showed some annoyances in the same zone in which it broke the ligament crossed in July of 2022. Although it returned to the field without need to be substituted after the preliminary review of the doctors, the forward did not jump to play the second part by caution and the Wednesday will subject to more proofs for descartar any problem.

The 4.536 viewers in the Cruyff awaited by more details on the state of Alexia, since the entry of Patri did to jump the alarms. At the end, there was not sobresaltos in the rest of the party and the Barça will arrive to the first Classical of the season, the Sunday in Montjuïc (12:00 h. CEST) Of the best way. In the another party of the Group To, the Eintracht Frankfurt won like visitor to the Rosengard (1-2). In the next day, the Germans will receive to the Barça and the Norwegians will travel to Lisbon.