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Aitana Bonmati celebrates her goal against Benfica (9-0). Photo: @FCBfemeni on Twitter

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Historic beatdown! Barça crushed Benfica in their debut in the Champions League (9-0)

Published:19/10/2022 - 23:25h

Updated:19/10/2022 - 23:49h

The women's FC Barcelona began its journey in the 2022-23 Champions League in the best way. Jonatan Giraldéz's men crushed Benfica at home (9-0) and confirm their candidacy to reach a new continental final

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After the subcampeonato in the past edition of the Champions League, the FC feminine Barcelona has begun the season very seriously and with looks it put in a new continental final. In the debut in the Stadium Johan Cruyff, the ones of Jonatan Giraldéz humiliated to the Benfica (9-0) in a monologue from beginning to end that it already was cleared grieve in half hour of game.

The Barça never went down the foot of the accelerator and attacked to the Portuguese from beginning to end. Patri Pebble opened the marker when recently it fulfilled the first minute. Oshoala Served a centre to the heart of the area and the captain culé did not fail. The siege was total in the following minutes and in the 14' arrived the 2-0. Aitana Bonmati collected a balloon that Oshoala did not attain cabecear and finished by low to expand the difference.

The visitors tried to shake the pressure blaugrana going to the crash to try contragolpear, but the Catalan superiority was abysmal. Oshoala, the best of the party, cleared the party in the 34' with a powerful finish far that surprised to the goalkeeper Rute Coast. There were more arrivals of the Barça before the rest, but the difference of three goals kept until the beginning of the second part.

Exhibition of the Barça in the complement

To the equal that in the beginning of the party, the ones of Jonatan Giraldéz took little in opening the tin in the complement. Mariona won a bleated divided and planted in front of Rute Coast, defining with a finish adjusted to the first stick. The visitors moved the bench looking for reaction, but at all changed in the monologue culé. Crnogorcevic Put the 'manita' in the 65' with a head butt, just before the technician blaugrana replaced him beside other three mates.

The holgura of the marker and the invalid reaction of the Portuguese helped to that the Barça pleased to the terracing in the final stretch. Geyse Ferreira, one of the recently ingresadas, put the 6-0 culminating a beautiful played collective with a finish rasante. The same Geyse assisted to Pina in the 77' to put the seventh in the blackboard, whereas Oshoala completed his doublet in the 84'.

Four minutes later, Geyse went back to 'wet' to close has it a powerful head butt after centre served by Mariona. It was 9-0 in Catalonia for a Barça that puts fear and confirms like one of the main favourites to arrive to the final of Eindhoven. In the next day of the Group D, the culés will visit to the FC Rosengard of Sweden, that comes to fall in front of the Bayern Munich in Germany (2-1).

Match sheet: FC Barcelona 9-0 Benfica

  • FC Barcelona: Gemma; Bronze, Paredes, Mapi León (Laia Codina, min. 65; Marta Torrejón, min. 70), Nuria Rábano (Fridolina ROlfo, min. 65); Engen, Patri, Aitana (Claudia Pina, min. 65); Crnogorcevic (Geyse Ferreira, min. 65), Oshoala y Mariona.
  • Benfica: Rute Costa; Silva (Marta, min. 87), Carole Costa, Carlina Correia, Valéria; Andrea Faria (Nazareth, min. 55), Pauleta, Andreia Norton (Christy Ucheibe, min. 70); Ana Vitoria, Nycole (Jéssica Silva, min. 55) y Lacasse.
  • Referee: Alina Pesu (Rumania)
  • Incidents: Match corresponding to the first day of Group D of the UEFA Champions League
  • Goals: 1-0, Patri Guijarro (min. 1); 2-0, Aitana Bonmati (min. 14); 3-0, Oshoala (min. 34); 4-0, Mariona (min.50); 5-0, Crnogorcevic (min. 64); 6-0, Geyse Ferreira (min. 67); 7-0, Claudia Pina (min. 77); 8-0, Oshoala (min. 84); 9-0, Geyse Ferreira (min. 88).
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