Alexia Putellas marked one other unimaginable objective milestone as Barcelona comfortably secured their newest Champions League win. The reigning champions put 4 previous St Pölten, with Alexia wrapping up her aspect’s scoring to notch her 2 hundredth Barca objective.
Barcelona sit second in Group D with 9 factors, behind Manchester Metropolis who’ve loved an ideal run within the UWCL group phases. Hammarby IF are third on three factors, whereas St Pölten proceed their seek for their first level of the marketing campaign.
St Pölten had been seeking to study their lesson from their final assembly with the Catalan giants — falling to a hefty 7-0 defeat earlier this month.
Barcelona began strongly in opposition to Pölten within the Generali Area, with a beginning 11 that might intimidate any group on the earth. With a entrance line of Caroline Graham-Hansen, Alexia and Kika Nazareth it needs to be no shock that the away aspect bagged 4 targets in comfy vogue.
Beginning XIsSt Pölten
Schlüter; Schumacher, Johanning, Dubcová, Vračević, D’Angelo, Pekel, Hillebrand, Mikolajová, Brunnthaler, Mädl
Barcelona
Coll; Fernández, Engen, Torrejón, Brugts, Lopez, Walsh, Guijarro, Graham Hansen, Alexia, Kika
Barcelona dominate possession in Vienna
Keira Walsh appeared sturdy in midfield all through the sport as Barcelona retained 85 % of the possession throughout the 90 minutes. The breakthrough within the scoreline didn’t take lengthy, as Kika bagged the primary objective following a defensive mistake from midfielder Kamila Dubcová.
Kika quickly capitalised on some intelligent footwork from Esmee Brugts to seek out her second objective of the evening, leaving the Pölten aspect in search of technique to scrape their method again into the fixture.
The objective tally began to get away from Pölten as Vicky Lopez managed to complete a relaxed side-footed effort into the again of the web, previous German goalkeeper Schlüter. The travelling Barcelona followers had been then handled to a objective from Alexia — her 2 hundredth in a Barcelona shirt because the Catalan legend stayed calm and located the again of the web from contained in the opposition field.
Issues started to look somewhat higher for the Decrease Austrians as Austria youth worldwide Valentina Mäd captialised on an opportunity to place a objective within the Barcelona internet, making the rating 4-1. Nonetheless, a comeback was not on the playing cards for Pölten regardless of the 30 extra minutes of play. Each groups slowed down and the tie resulted in a Barcelona victory.
A history-making occasion for Austrian home soccer
Regardless of the end result there was nonetheless a lot to rejoice for St. Pölten as 8,832 individuals attended the sport in Vienna. This marks an attendance file for girls’s league soccer in Austria. The Barcelona and Pölten followers greeted the announcement of the attendance figures with rapturous applause all through the stadium, with the Pölten ultras discovering the police siren on their loudspeaker to good impact.
A brand new file attendance set for Austrian girls’s membership soccer! 🤩
8️⃣,8️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ on the Generali Area for St Pölten vs Barcelona 🏟️🇦🇹
What’s subsequent in UWCL Group D?
On December twelfth, St. Pölten will face Manchester Metropolis for a second time after a powerful efficiency in Vienna, ending in a slender 3-2 loss for the Austrians. Defending champions Barcelona tackle Hammarby, in what is bound to be one other large attendance as a result of cult following of each groups.
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