Barcelona dismantle Guy Town to most sensible staff

Barcelona beat Manchester Town 3-0 at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys to protected most sensible spot in Staff D of the UEFA Girls’s Champions League.

Each side completed on 15 issues from their six staff video games and improved into the knockout phases, however Pere Romeu’s facet secured the house quarter-final because of a greater head-to-head file than Town.

The hosts pressured Khiara Keating into a number of superb saves early on, prior to Claudia Pina gave them the lead proper on the finish of the primary part, latching directly to the ball within the field prior to firing into the nook.

Balon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati doubled Barcelona’s lead early in the second one part, poking the ball previous Keating following a very good breakaway.

Exchange Alexia Putellas made it 3 with an excellent strike from out of doors the field, because the reigning champions of the Girls’s Champions League proved simply too excellent for the English facet.

The Town goalkeeper made a number of stops all over the second one part to keep away from an embarrassing scoreline for the guests.

Jill Roord rattled the crossbar from distance right through the primary part, however that was once as shut as Town were given to threatening Catalina Coll’s objective, as they failed to dance again from their contemporary defeat to Everton within the WSL.

Barcelona now trip to Costa Adeje Tenerife on the weekend within the Copa de l. a. Reina, while Town have a welcomed damage till they face Ipswich within the FA Cup at the January 12.

There’s a reason why that Barcelona have received the ultimate two UEFA Girls’s Champions League’s and so they confirmed that shape towards Town this night. The Spanish facet have been too fast for the guests in the entirety they did and 3-0 flattered Gareth Taylor’s facet after all. Barcelona secured a house quarter-final with victory and might be hoping they are able to pass all of the approach once more within the festival.

The Barcelona ahead was once in superb shape and may have simply had a hat-trick if it wasn’t for the superb Keating. The Spanish big name opened the scoring for the hosts on the finish of a irritating first part and brought about chaos all over the second one to make space for the ones round her. The Town defenders may no longer are living with the tempo and trickery of Pina.

Barcelona: Coll 7, Batlle 6, Paredes 7, Mapi Leon 7, Brugts 8, Bonmati 9, Walsh 7, Guijarro 6, Paralluelo 7, Pajor 5, Pina 9*. Subs: Putellas 8, Rolfo 6, Nazareth 6, Lopez N/A, Fernandez N/A.

Manchester Town: Keating 9, Casparij 6, Kennedy 5, Aleixandri 4, Ouahabi 5, Roord 7, Hasegawa 6, Blindkilde Brown 5, Fowler 4, Park 4, Fujino 4. Subs: Murphy 5, Coombs N/A.

10’ BARCELONA CHANCE! BARCELONA 0-0 MANCHESTER CITY – Town are in point of fact underneath the cosh right here, as Esmee Brugt breaks ahead from left again and forces a nook. The guests do neatly to transparent their strains from the ensuing nook.

24’ MAN CITY CHANCE! BARCELONA 0-0 MANCHESTER CITY – The guests damage briefly towards the run of play and put in combination an excellent transfer, prior to Jess Park moves at objective, however her shot is instantly at Catalina Coll.

28’ HUGE BARCELONA CHANCE! – Bonmati virtually ratings an excellent objective for the hosts! The Spanish big name steals the ball prime up the pitch and is going for an audacious strive at objective, seeking to chip Keating. Then again, the ball drifts simply huge.

37’ CITY STRIKE THE BAR! – Jill Roord hits an excellent effort from some distance out, which rattles towards the crossbar! That was once just about an enormous objective for Guy Town.

45’ BARCELONA GOAL! BARCELONA 1-0 MANCHESTER CITY (PINA) – Barcelona after all have the step forward and it is Claudia Pina together with her 5th objective of the contest. The ball bounced off a couple of avid gamers within the Town field prior to falling it Barca’s quantity 9, who made no mistake with the end.

57’ GOAL FOR BARCELONA! BARCELONA 2-0 MANCHESTER CITY (BONMATI) – Barcelona recently transfer to the highest of Staff D! Bonmati is performed in via Pajor and breaks clear of the Town defence, prior to poking the ball throughout the legs of Keating. The reigning champions were superb.

69’ BARCELONA GOAL! BARCELONA 3-0 MANCHESTER CITY (ALEXIA PUTELLAS) – This has been a masterclass from Barcelona and so they all however protected the highest spot in Staff D. Simply after approaching, Alexia Putellas selections up the ball at the fringe of the field and moves the ball into the again of the online, leaving Keating stranded.

Barcelona had a whopping 30 photographs on objective all over the fit, in comparison to Town’s 3. Dominance.

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