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Alexia and Pina Lead Barcelona to Stunning 9-0 Win Over Hammarby

Discover how Alexia and Pina inspired Barcelona to a breathtaking 9-0 triumph over Hammarby, demonstrating their skill and determination in this unforgettable match.

Introduction:

Barcelona FemenĂ­ dominated at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, crushing Hammarby of Sweden 9-0 in Wednesday’s UEFA Women’s Champions League. A highly competitive first half in the Johan Cruyff Stadium quickly became one-way traffic as Barcelona made life difficult for visitors Hammarby with plenty of goals for all-time top scorers Caroline Graham Hansen, ClĂ udia Pina, and skipper Alexia Putellas.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Barcelona Start Strong, but Hammarby Show Resilience

From the very start, it was clear that Barcelona were intent on showing their dominance, and it wasn’t until midway through the half that they opened the deadlock. The interplay between ClĂ udia Pina and Alexia Putellas was probably the brightest feature of the first period, both demonstrating excellent interplay between themselves. But despite such early pressure from the visitors, Hammarby continued to be solidly organized and did manage to create a few counter-attacking opportunities of their own.
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Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Hammarby’s best chance came through Blakstad, who sought some space on Barcelona’s left hand flank. Her cross almost caught Wangerheim with its hook, but it was nowhere near enough to cause problems for Cata Coll. Hammarby showed they had enough to go all the way and trouble the champions, but quality soon told.
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Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Graham Hansen Opens the Scoring

Barcelona scores after a bit of defensive muddle between Anna Tamminen, their goalkeeper, and defender Nyström. She was the player who started the play, but Caroline Graham Hansen played a very good combination of moves with Pina and Alexia before making use of the confusion to poke it into an empty net. That was a quality finish and the work of Barcelona’s fluid passing and movement.
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Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

The first goal set the tone of the game as the remaining minutes saw Barcelona taking full control of the game. Pina and the Ballon d’Or winner Alexia proved a nightmare to the Swedish defense, but they were always troubling the Swedes and doubling Barcelona’s lead.

Alexia and Pina
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Alexia and Pina Double Barcelona’s Lead

The second goal came from more Barcelona pressure. Aitana BonmatĂ­ fed Graham Hansen on the right, and after a scramble in the box, Pina was on hand to slot in the rebound, doubling Barcelona’s lead. Hammarby’s attempt to tie up Barcelona’s wing-backs had left them exposed, and they were exposed ruthlessly by the Catalan ladies.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Before Hammarby could pen, Barcelona yet again caught them on the counter. Alexia this time stretched her name onto the scoresheet. A judiciously timed cross from Patri Guijarro found the Barcelona captain rising high to direct a header past Tamminen. The 3-0 at half time reflected Barcelona’s dominance of the entire match. It wasn’t an exact reflection though of Hammarby’s general performance because they have really worked to level with their glorious opponents.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Barcelona Turn on the Style in the Second Half

As for the game, it was already almost at their mercy, as the second half of the game would come with more intensity, will to win, and determination. It was in the 62nd minute when MarĂ­a LeĂłn made it 4-0 as she headed the ball into the net with a delicate header off a short corner routine. The precision of Aitana’s delivery and LeĂłn’s finish was good testimony to how meticulous the planning of the Barcelona staff had been under assistant head coach Rafel Navarro.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

ClĂ udia Pina, within the smooth flow of play, readily scored her second goal of the evening, after Aitana had looked around before using a beauty of a no-look pass to split Hammarby’s defense wide open, and in doing so, Pina wasn’t looking to miss.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Barcelona’s Ruthless Finish

With Barcelona cruising, the goals just kept coming. Ewa Pajor was on hand to collect her tenth of the season, this time with another pinpoint cross from Graham Hansen. Hammarby did its best but could still not cope with waves of attacks from Barcelona.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Graham Hansen notched her second of the night in a neat volley before Esmee Brugts made it seven with a strike from the edge of the area. The home side didn’t let up and were pressed for more goals.

Alexia and Pina
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As in the last minutes, Fridolina Rolfö topped off the entire performance with a penalty while they made it 9-0 after Graham Hansen was fouled in the box. Although the scoreline seemed to display the dominance of Barcelona, this win also revealed the true mentality of the side in their quest to be the best top in Europe.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Total Victory for the Champions of the Defense

Relief came in the end with the final whistle as Hammarby, though they had made a good fight of it, went down to the better quality of Barcelona. The scoreline of 9-0 speaks well for Barcelona’s ferocity in front of goal and their ability to strangle opponents when they have the ball.

Alexia and Pina
Image Source: Women’s Champions League

Despite this crushing defeat, for Hammarby there was still a good impression, all the more in the first half when they began testing the defense of Barcelona. In the second half, the resistance weakened, however, under the relentless pressure by Barcelona.

Conclusion:

This win rejuvenated not only the credentials of Barcelona as a team to beat in the tournament but also proved a fair response to their defeat at the hands of Manchester City. With this win, Barcelona tops their group and will look to carry this momentum into their remaining games.

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