Champions of everything. The feminine Barça has won this Sunday the Spain Supercup in Las Rozas overwhelming the Atletico Madrid in a final resolved in half an hour (7-0). The azulgrana team dethroned the colchonero with another exhibition commanded this time by Caroline Graham Hansen (hat-trick’ plus two assists) that allows him to boast of being the reigning champion in all possible competitions: Cup, League, Champions and Super Cup. You can not ask for more.
The fear of a tight game like the semi-final against Real Madrid, resolved with a goal from Alexia Putellas in added time, dissipated very quickly in the final. the norwegian Ingrid Syrstad Engen put Barça ahead after 16 minutes and after half an hour of play Caroline Graham Hansen had already resolved the final with two more goals, sealing the Barça’s first title of 2022 and the first for Jonathan Giráldez as head coach. A brilliant start to the second half completed the win.
Emotional return of Torrecilla
The final provided another great joy for the entire world of football: the reappearance of Virginia Torrecilla after passing a tumor cerebral. The Atlético player wore a year and a half away from the playing fields, although last year the red-and-white captain Amanda Sampedro invited him to lift the Super Cup won in Almería against Levante (after eliminating Barça on penalties in the semifinals). This time Torrecilla did not lift any trophy, but feeling like a player again was surely an even greater prize.
But as far as the game is concerned, Atlético had no choice. Any hope was to endure the 0-0 and that Ludmila The Deyna Castellanos they caught a counterattack, but not by a long shot. The both of narrow wrecked the plans Oscar Fernandez. Lindahl made a save to a header from the Swedish Fridolina Rolfö, but the Norwegian was the fastest to take advantage of the rebound from the crossbar (1-0, m. 16).
Closet ground
Going back to this Barça is an almost impossible mission and even more so if Engen, a novelty in the eleven, has the day inspired and blocks any attempt to launch counterattacks. And the few times that Atlético managed to filter a pass towards their forwards, a Imperial Jana Fernandez to correct. An exhibition of Barça’s wardrobe background, which did not notice the low of important parts like Aitana Bonmatí, Mariona Caldentey, Bruna Vilamala, Ana-Maria Crnogorčević and María León, who played the last minutes after two months injured.
Barça put the roller in motion and the ball began to circulate at a higher speed. A foul in the front Alexia Putellas (who played with knee discomfort) Hansen masterfully bounced it to score the second for the squad (2-0, m. 24). The Norwegian immediately scored again assisted by Rolfö after a great action from Patri Pebble, leaving the clash almost resolved (3-0, m. 27). Atlético changed their scheme to play with three central defenders and two lanes, which allowed them to stretch a bit before the break and caress the goal in a shot from Menayo that licked the crossbar.
Atlético did not even dream of raising the score, but if someone did, they woke up soon. As soon as the second half started, Alexia was the smartest in the class quickly drawing a free kick for Hansen, who returned Rolfö’s assist for the 3-0 (4-0, m. 47). And as soon as they took off the center, Atlético conceded the fifth after a center of Torrejón headed by Hansen (5-0, m. 50), who completed his hat-trick and perhaps vindicated himself after having less prominence than he deserved in the individual awards (Golden Ball and The Best) deservedly won by his partner Alexia.
The lack of public, the mole
Barça had mercy on its rival and lowered the piston a bit, to which the carousel of changes by both teams also contributed. An hour had to pass Sandra Cloths made his first stop in the final. Until then, the goalkeeper was one of the few thousand viewers in Las Rozas, without a doubt the great mole of the tournament, whose headquarters were not known until a week before their dispute.
Atletico had two good chances to beat the Barça goalkeeper and score the goal of honour, but first Ludmila did not hit in a heads up and then Amanda a mess was made with the ball in the small area. Martens scored the sixth to a pass from Hansen (6-0, m. 84) while the Barça bench hugged Virginia Torrecilla, who was about to enter the field to play the last minutes and watch the seventh goal up close, again from Martens (7-0, m. 90). His return was the only good news for an Atlético clearly inferior to Barça.
