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He Barça Women has come down from its extraterrestrial dimension to Earth. He Manchester City has given a severe corrective to the team led by Peter Romeo at the premiere of the Champions League (2-0). The Barça team has been left without scoring in the highest continental competition for the third time in its history. Naomi Layzell y Khadijah Shaw They have scored the goals, a living example of English superiority. The citizens They have suffocated the current continental champion with their intensity on the first day of the group stage.
The start has already distinguished itself from all the games played to date by the Catalan team in this 24-25 season. At the first change, Alexia Putellas has seen the uncheck by Caroline Graham Hansen inside the area and assisted the attacker low. Slightly heeled, the 10 He has managed to put together a shot at the short post that has been repelled between the goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita and the afterwards. However, the referee signaled a goal kick.
Barça, uncomfortable
The goalkeeper intervened again to deny Alexia the goal after 10 minutes. Well placed, the goalkeeper caught the ball without any problems. mid-height shot of the Reinawhich has culminated a counterattack. Barça has had to survive without possession, given the inaccuracies at the start caused by the very high pressure from City. Lauren Hemp has replied with a shot to the post. An occasion that has shown the English dominance, which has found imperfections in the Barça team.
The threat citizen manifested itself again in the 35th minute, when Cata Coll has flown without a motor to avoid the first goal of the game. Jessica Park A collective play assisted by Vivianne Miedema in the heart of the area has culminated. The Catalan goalkeeper deflected the shot, close to the right post, with a pop.
City strike first
However, in the following corner, the pupils of Gareth Taylor They have opened the can. In the 35th minute, Cata has not been able to clear the center at the far post, Myedema has stopped moving the ball in the small area, and Naomi Layzell has pushed the ball in the middle of a tangle of legs (1-0).
The threat of sky bluesvery intense in the rival field, has not stopped after the first goal. Ona Batlle blocked a shot from Miedema when the midfielder was already licking her lips inside the area. Before the break, the team led by Peter Romeo He also had his chance to tie. Aitana Bonmatí has leaked a pass behind from the rear and Graham Hansen He has beaten two rivals in the race. With this, the Norwegian forward crashed her low shot into the goalkeeper.
Improvement without reward
At the restart, the Barcelona team took a step forward, pushed by the exceptional result. Graham received the yellow card for a foul on Kerstin Casparij. Miedema has forgiven the second goal with a deflected header in free position to a lateral free kick.
In the 53rd minute, the ex-azulgrana Laia Aleixandri avoided Alexia’s drawwho had received a pass from Graham with everything in his favor in the area. Aitana has continued the attempts with a low shot from the frontalso caught by Yamashita. With 25 minutes left, Romeu put fire into the attack and brought on Claudia Pinarather Ingrid Engen.
Shaw sentence
Keira Walsh He prolonged the siege with a shot that was too centered, falling asleep in the goalkeeper’s hands. The Barcelona coach has activated the second window of changes with the inclusion of Esme Brugts by Frido Rolfo.
But there was no way. In the 76th minute, Khadijah Shaw has dashed Catalan hopes by finding the back of Mapi León. Patri Guijarro He went low without success to prevent the forward from reaching the area. In the head-to-head, the Jamaican forward has surpassed Cata in the race and has sentenced to an empty goal (2-0).
