The Alexia Putellas factor guides a champion Barça again

It is the best in the world. That’s what the awards say (Golden Ball, The Best…). And this is demonstrated game after game on the green. Alexia Putellas went back to be decisive for the Barça, whom he guided in their 5-0 win against Real Madrid to seal the league title. The Barça midfielder and captain was, once again, the proper name of a match in which she appeared when his team needed it most. This is not something new. That of Mollet del Vallès has subscribed to historical appointments and, above all, to decisive goals. And this Sunday he added two more to his collection.

Alexia Putellas, who scored the winning goal against Real Madrid (1-0) in the semifinal of the last Super Cup, He opened the can with a goal in the 42nd minute when the game seemed to go into the break with a 0-0 draw. The Catalan midfielder asked her team for calm and, moments later, she scored two goals in two minutes. The first, in the 42nd minute, came with a shot from outside the area that the Madrid defender, Ivana Andrés, deflected on goal.

And the second, it was cooked in a great play by Alexia after a category pass by Patri Guijarro. The Barça captain cut with quality to leave the Real Madrid winger, Kenti Robles, nailed to the spot and put the ball well placed where Misa could not reach. A move of ten with which he showed signs of that tireless talent and that quality that have led her to be the best player in the world.

Thus, his name will remain in the memory in the match that decided this third title in a row in the League. A decisive role that Barça has used in the big events of recent years. Without going any further, the Catalan was decisive in the aforementioned semifinal of the Super Cup against Real Madrid. And, in the previous season, she signed a brace in the Cup final against Levante (4-2) and scored and assisted in the Champions League final against Chelsea (0-4).

Added to these historical moments an endless list of goals and decisive interventions to make this Barça a super champion: he scored the first goal in history at the Johan Cruyff and the first for Barça women at the Camp Nou, he saw the net in five of the six Cup finals he has played, etc. And, now, Alexia is going to Turin, where the next Champions League final will be played, competition in which Barça and the Catalan defend the crown.

“Now comes the decisive moment of the season”, said the Barça midfielder, who He launched his great wish and goal for this season: “We want to be in Turin with all these people”. For now, the Catalans have to play the quarterfinals (first leg, March 22; second leg, March 30) against Real Madrid, with whom they will face two of the most important games so far this season. Although with Alexia in top form there is more confidence and less fear in the Barça squad, which has the best in the world in its ranks.