Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas each scored twice as Barcelona started their defence of the Girls’s Champions League title on Tuesday with a complete 5-0 victory over Benfica, whereas a ruthless Lyon hit 9 in opposition to Slavia Prague.
Barcelona are aiming to win the Champions League for the third time in 4 seasons and their energy in depth was summed up by the presence of six gamers of their beginning line-up who performed in August’s World Cup closing in Sydney, when Spain beat England 1-0.
A crowd of fewer than 5,000 watched Putellas, who was a substitute within the World Cup closing after lacking virtually all of final season attributable to a severe knee harm, head within the opener with quarter of an hour performed.
Putellas then adopted as much as make it 2-0 on the road when a header by Esmee Brugts beat the Portuguese facet’s goalkeeper, and Bonmati received the third with a composed end simply earlier than the interval.
Putellas was changed on the break and Bonmati then netted once more seven minutes after the restart having been arrange by Caroline Graham Hansen.
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala wrapped up a convincing victory by scoring with an overhead kick simply seconds after approaching in its place.
“The motivation for this membership is to reach within the Champions League closing yearly,” Barcelona’s England midfielder Keira Walsh advised DAZN.
“Should you have a look at the mentality of those ladies, that is what I noticed after I got here in right here.
“It was all the time, continually being on the high in coaching each single day. It is so aggressive and that speaks for itself.”
Additionally in Group A, Eintracht Frankfurt received 2-1 away to Rosengard of Sweden, with captain Tanja Pawollek opening the scoring earlier than Barbara Dunst netted the second for the Germans, who’ve received the competitors 4 instances.
Captain Olivia Schough pulled a objective again for Rosengard, the Swedish champions.
Hegerberg’s sixtieth objective
Lyon, the document eight-time Champions League winners, are anticipated to make brief work of Group B they usually confirmed no mercy to their hosts within the Czech Republic.
France star Kadidiatou Diani, a close-season signing from Paris Saint-Germain, netted twice for Lyon whereas 2018 Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg scored a penalty within the second half.
The Norwegian is the Champions League’s all-time high scorer and that was her sixtieth objective within the competitors.
There was additionally a brace for Canadian defender Vanessa Gilles, with Sara Daebritz, Danielle van de Donk, Eugenie Le Sommer and substitute Amel Majri getting their different targets.
Seen as one of many most important threats to Barcelona’s hopes of retaining the trophy, Lyon’s subsequent recreation will probably be at dwelling to the Austrian facet St Poelten.
“If all the things goes the best way we wish it to go, we will go far in each competitors,” stated the Lyon coach, Sonia Bompastor.
St Poelten have been crushed 2-1 at dwelling by Brann of Norway on Tuesday, with US-born Icelandic worldwide defender Natasha Anasi scoring the winner for the guests.
The opposite teams get underway on Wednesday, when English champions Chelsea journey to play Actual Madrid in Group D.
Chelsea boss Emma Hayes was on Tuesday confirmed as the following coach of america, a place she is going to take up after this season.
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