He FC Barcelona He fulfilled his objective, what a novelty, he did it with a great display of football, bringing out his best version and he will be in pot 1 of the quarterfinals as leader of group D after beating the Manchester City in Montjuïc for 3-0. European football is growing by leaps and bounds, especially the English league, while in Spain, with the exception of the Catalans, they continue to take one step forward and three steps back. Still the Barça He was totally superior and suffocated an opponent who had a hard time making two passes in a row. Years ago they would have settled the matter before half an hour into the game, but on this occasion it was not until the 57th minute when the father extended to two the advantage achieved with the goal of Pina before the break and got the result back on track that gave them the pass as leaders. Alexia He reappeared with a goal to unleash the joy of a dedicated crowd that once again made a spectacular entrance with 29,007 attendees.
Gareth Taylor He planned the game for his team as if it were an hourglass. With the initial whistle of the referee, the first particles passed through the narrow funnel that separates the two symmetrical parts of that symbolic clock. It was a ninety-minute time trial plus whatever the referee added in which they had to ensure that Barça did not score two goals, at least, and if possible surprise the counterattack. But if there is one team in the world that you cannot underestimate, it is Barça. In the imagination of Taylor Surely he had visualized a seamless plan, with an early time-out at 17 feigning physical problems in his goalkeeper included, in the style Emma Hayesbut against the best players in the world you can’t lock yourself away and wait for time to pass.
And Taylor He glimpsed a duel where the key was to resist, Peter Romeo was not willing to sacrifice his usual danger from the right of the attack despite the absence of Grahamas a precaution, and gave him the alternative to Salma in his first start of the season. The Aragonese was one of the most active in the first half and already threatened in the 4th minute with a powerful shot that forced Keating to make one of his first masterful interventions of the night.
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Pajorthree minutes later, was the next victim of the English goalkeeper after a header at the exit of a corner that did not go in when it crossed the goalkeeper’s mitt. The Dutch Brought and again Pajor they forced to show off Keating but the good of Khiara could not do anything about Claudia Pina.
Penetration on the left of Broughtanother of the most poignant in the first act, ball to the father and bad clearance Kennedy so that PinaOf course, he unleashed a tremendous left foot and broke the ‘citizen’ wall one minute before the break. Before, Jill Roord He had scared us with a distant shot that, fortunately for Barça, hit the crossbar. Half the game elapsed and half the job done, it was the other party’s turn.
The blaugranas came out after the intermission ready to not leave their homework for the end and Pinaagain Pinacould have scored the second in the first minute after the restart but after two good cuts his shot was cleared by the goal.
City stretched their lines a little after a second consecutive dangerous action by Barça thanks to Pajorand in that step forward for the English, Barça caught them between the lines. the father y Pajor roles were exchanged. The Pole assisted from the media line and enabled the double ‘The Best’ to face alone Keating with the opposition of Leilabut he knew how to endure the father at the exit of the goal and with the left hand place it at the bottom of the net.
A guest was missing from the party. Alexia Putellas. He could not start because he had been medically cleared for this match, but 2 minutes and 12 seconds on the field were enough for him to hit a trademark left-footed shot and put the third on the magic mountain’s scoreboard.
He Barçaafter recovering from the accident Manchesterthus signed his pass as leader and will be measured in the quarterfinals, with the field factor in favor, Wolfsburg, Real Madrid or whoever comes second in group C between Arsenal y Bayern.
FC BARCELONA
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MANCHESTER CITY
BARÇA
Cata Coll; Ona Batlle (jana, 87′), Paredes, Mapi León, Brugts; , Aitana (Vicky, 87′), Walsh (Kika, 74′), Patri; Salma (Rolfö, 74′), Ewa Pajor y Pina (Alexia, 67′)
MANCHESTER CITY
Keating; Casparij, Kennedy, Laia Alexandri, Leila Ouahabi; Jill Roord, Yui Hasegawa, Brown Blind (Murphy, 60); Fowler, Park (Coombs, 81′) and Fujino.
Goals: 1-0, Pina (44′); 2-0, Aitana (57′); 3-0, Alexia (69′)
Spectators: 29,007 at the Lluís Companys
Referee: Jelena Cvetkovic (Serbia). He cautioned Casparij (82′)
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