Barcelona women caress La Liga and think about the Champions League

Barcelona’s women’s team notched a seventh win, 24 matches clean in Ligue F, and is closing in on a fifth straight title.

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Barcelona’s women’s team achieved a seventh victory and 24 matches without knowledge of the League, beating Levante Las Planas 2-4 and already cherishing the league title (fifth in a row), which it could have won in two days when in May 4 guests in Granada, five games left until the end of the championship.

Having played these 24 rounds, Barça lost only one draw (1:1 at home with Levante) and scored 70 points out of a possible 72, scoring 106 goals (an average of 4.4 per game) and conceding only eight. Levante Las Planas had the honor of being the only team in the entire league capable of scoring two goals in a match, and they were scored by Sandra Paños, who replaced Cata Kolla in goal.

Having overcome the advantage of the local team, Barça achieved a difficult victory against a team of circumstances. The locals went ahead early through Allegra Poljak and after Claudia Pina’s instant equalizer, Irina Uribe made it 2-1 in the 19th minute. Claudia Pina equalized again half an hour later, and before the break the victory was sealed with goals from Marta Torrejon and Bruna Vilamala in stoppage time.

Giraldes had already warned that he would rest several players, which is what happened. Neither Aitana Bonmati, Salma Paralluelo, Lucy Bronze or Graham Hansen were called up, neither Irene Paredes, Ingrid Engen nor Patri Guijarro played, Keira Walsh, Ona Batlle and Mariona Caldenti came off the bench, Barça started with many changes, thinking o The big game is Saturday in London against Chelsea, where Barça must overcome the 0-1 draw the English team achieved in Montjuïc to reach the continental final.

The league is something else. In fact, Barcelona’s dominance in Spanish women’s football is absolute. They have already won the Spanish Super Cup and will face Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey final on May 18, becoming overwhelming favorites to end the season with three domestic titles.

A week later, on May 25, the Champions League final will take place at the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao, the title of which Barça is defending after winning the 2023 final against Wolfsburg, which became its second title.

As of now, Real Madrid host Levante Las Planas next weekend, while Barca will postpone their home match against Madrid until next Wednesday. In a hypothetical case where the Merengue team lost on Sunday, Barcelona could be declared champions as early as May 1, an award that would have to be realized three days later anyway.