It was with a turnaround at the Philips Stadion, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, that Barcelona won the women’s Champions League title. The Catalan team came from a two-goal deficit on Saturday afternoon (3) to make it 3-2 at Wolfsburg and lift the trophy for the third time.
Dominant in recent years, the blue-gray team reached the European final for the third consecutive time. Chelsea’s executioner in 2021 and surpassed by Lyon in 2022, managed to demonstrate ample superiority in 2023, even if the scoreboard of the decision does not point to this portrait.
Even without star Alexia Putellas – who comes from a serious knee injury and played only in the final moments – Barcelona had many chances in the first half. According to statistics from Uefa (Union of European Football Associations), he had 15 submissions.
Cornered, seeing the rival wasting opportunity after opportunity, Wolfsburg only finished three times until the break. He scored two goals. At three minutes, Pajor took advantage of a problematic ball and hit the half moon. At 37, Popp was accurate with a header.
The Catalan team did not despair and returned to the final stage, maintaining its standard of performance from the initial one. Or almost that, because the players led by Jonatan Giráldez finally started to hit the target.
After just three minutes, Graham Hansen invaded the area on the right and crossed for Patri Guijarro to complete with his left foot. Then, at five, Bonmati made a feint, also on the right, and crossed. Patri Guijarro didn’t hit the header as he would have liked, but he did enough to swing the net.
The turnaround was achieved in another move down the right, and with the collaboration of the Wolfsburg defense. At 25 minutes, the defense fumbled in an attempt to cut a ball from the small area. It reached Fridolina Rolfö, who used her left foot to decide the game.
