Las RosasBarça have removed the thorn from last season. Against Atlético de Madrid, Barça have been a beekeeper and have left no room for doubt in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. The team led by Jonatan Giráldez thrashed the white-and-reds (7-0) to take the only title that was resisted last year. In 2022, the Barça team began in a very sweet way with a new title on display and leaving a feeling of absolute superiority.
With the initial whistle, Atletico Madrid has decided to lag far behind. Clinging to Lindahl, the mattresses have been planted in the middle of the pitch in a very organized way, trying to shrink the spaces, to hinder the arrival of the team led by Jonatan Giráldez. But a quarter of an hour has been the margin that Barça have given to the white-and-reds. As the game started to slip away for Ingrid Engen, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The Norwegian took advantage of Lindahl’s rejection of a powerful shot by Rolfo in the corner to advance the Catalans on the scoreboard with a cross shot from the small area.
Marker in favor of Barça
With the goal, the Catalan superiority has become even clearer. For the athletics, who have failed to get past midfield, the frustration was gone in crescendo while Barça’s overwhelming dominance was harassing. With so much insistence, the second goal was not long in coming, and in what way. Graham Hansen scored from the penalty spot. The Norwegian has sent a missile to the bottom of the net that has lifted the entire bleachers making the fans present at the Football City of Las Rozas have their hands on their heads in front of such a goal.
Graham Hansen is always the protagonist. She never appears in the list of nominees or in the rankings, incomprehensibly, but where she is always there is on the green. Norwegian speaks of the field with exceptional delicacy. Always nodding when pressed or run, she has a subtle and captivating elegance that makes her slippery and sometimes imperceptible to the rival defense. Against Atletico Madrid, Graham has starred in a recital of good play and style. Precisely, the Norwegian was the author of the third goal of the match for Barça. After a short tussle with the defender, Rolfo finally tucked the ball home. During the first half, the white-and-red team barely got close to Paños’ goal. The few occasions of the team led by Óscar Fernández have been frustrated by a solid Jana Fernandez who, at only 19 years old, has won the title in the triplet champion team.
Super Cup sentenced to half
In the second half, Barça came out to bite. Dangerous action near Lindahl’s goal, an opportunity that ends inside the goal. The fourth goal was scored by Fridolina Rölfo, following a cross from Graham Hansen. The fifth goal, the work of the best player of the match. The Norwegian, with a hairstyle in the middle of Jenni Hermoso, has overtaken the Swedish goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid.
With the goal scorer, the pace of the final has slowed down. The chances, though recurring, have not been dangerous enough to put Lindahl on the ropes. In ’85, Lieke Martens’ boots came 6-0. The eyes, however, were not on the grass, as the band was preparing for the most anticipated change. The match, back and forth, was completely frozen with the entry of Virginia Torrecilla. After a year and eight months, the mattress has once once more stepped on the green. A cancer took her away from the field of play. Many months of struggle, of sacrifices and fears, come to an end with a magical return. A unique moment that has filled both the lawn and the stands with tears and applause.
The champions, however, never stop fighting. They are always hungry for more goals, more titles, and this is the perfect definition of Jonatan Giráldez’s Barça. In the last minute of regulation time, Lieke Martens added the seventh goal to the bright seal of a thrashing that gives the first title of the season.
