The FC Barcelona again passed over his rival, the Hoffenheim German in the case of this Wednesday, to sign a new win (5-0). These first lines of chronicle may sound repetitive but the female players of Jonatan Giráldez live this course installed on the groundhog day of excellence. They have no rival either in the League or in the Champions League, and the Germans joined the long list of teams leaving the Johan Cruyff cwith the basket full of goals against.
The last team that passed through the Barça fiefdom, Real Sociedad in the League, made it more difficult than usual despite the bulky 8-1 result. After the duel he said Giráldez that you had to learn to find the spaces better and choose the pass better in the final phase of attack to have more opportunities, and boy did they learn it.
The images of Barça’s defeat of Hoffenheim in the Champions League
This Wednesday was a recital of shots on goal from the first minute of the game. The effervescence lasted Hoffenheim what it took Jenni in drilling the visiting goal. Five minutes were enough for the Madrilenian, yesterday to start, to break the tie thanks to an immaculate center of a Martens in a state of grace. The goal disrupted the plans of Gabor Could and the German drawing was left with eight very well-ordered footballers in a double defensive line and the talented Brand accompanying Billa, both off the hook, to aspire to turn any ball recovered by their teammates into gold.
Giráldez, who started with changes of positions -Aitana from the far left, Martens on the right and Jenni on the right-hand side, drew a line of three with Patri, Walls and Maps as squires down and an army of rallies besieging the rival area. Commanded by a Alexia in ‘superstar’ mode – it will be rare that she is not crowned with the Ballon d’Or on the 29th of this month in Paris – and with talents of the stature of Jenni, Aitana, Martens, Rolfö, Marta and Oshoala, the locals shot at the door creating danger again and again.
Alexia only lacked the goals, and these were not long in coming. First with a masterful foul at half an hour from within the crescent on the edge of the area and three minutes later taking advantage of a serious error by goalkeeper Tufekovic. The captain’s double to sign her third goal this Champions League -the team’s top scorer- and place herself on one of the 12 she has Oshoala this season in all competitions.
The afternoon was cold in Barcelona and the rain attacked with a double edge. On the one hand, driving away many of those who had planned to go to the Johan Cruyff, and on the other, bringing out the deficiencies of a lawn that is not living at its best. Of course, the Barça players fulfilled what was expected and at halftime they had their homework done.
The Vigo coach waited at game time to vary the arrangement and with the entry of Leila and Crnogorcevic by Rolfö and Oshoala -it’s touched on the knee-, it was Jenni the one that stood out, Martens returned to the left, Aitana right-handed inside and it was the newly entered Swiss who was left winger on the right.
Leila could score but missed in a heads-up with the rival goal but later Martha He did put the fourth in the electronic head. At five from the end the player of the subsidiary made his debut with the first team Ona Baradad, with her teammates from ‘B’ chanting her name from the stands.
With yesterday’s win, the pass to the quarterfinals is within reach for next Wednesday in Germany, against the same rival, with much colder and possibly even rain. It will cost more, as it happened in Denmark against Köge, but this Barça has a stratospheric speed in the search for the second consecutive triplet.
DATASHEET
FC Barcelona, 4
Cloths; Marta (Ona, 86 ‘), Paredes, Mapi León, Rolfö (Leila, 63’); Jenni, Patri (Engen, 79 ‘), Alexia; Martens, Oshoala (Crnogorcevic, 63 ‘) and Aitana (Pina, 79’)
Hoffenheim, 0
Tufekovic; Wienroither, Bühler, Spetch, Naschenweng; De Caigny (Hagel, 66 ‘), Dongus (Harsch, 66’), Feldkamp (Corley, 66 ‘); Linder, Billa (Steinert, 81 ‘) y Brand (Laimenstoll, 81’).
Goals: 1-0, Jenni (5 ‘); 2-0, Alexia (20 ‘); 3-0, Alexia (33 ‘); 4-0, Marta (74 ‘)
Cards: Patri (7 ‘), Naschenweng (37’)
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
Spectators: 2,068 at Estadi Johan Cruyff
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