Barça’s superiority remains unappealable in both the League and the Champions League. The team led by Giráldez landed in Germany with the move to the quarterfinals between the eyebrows, and if one thing can be said about Barça is that goal they set, goal they achieve. With tenacity and perseverance, the Catalan group has gone from less to more. Against Hoffenheim, a team that was founded in 2007 and which is debuting in European competition this year, Barça have managed to own the ball. The Germans had set out to shoot at the door – they did not make a shot in the game to Johan Cruyff – and lose a little respect for the European champion to impose their game. They got the first premise in the first half. The second, on the other hand, did not end up being thanks to the Catalan quality.
For the first twenty minutes, Barça were on the green. With clear arrivals, but without finishing sentencing, the break was getting closer with the tie on the scoreboard. In the 43rd, Alexia fell inside the area after a clear foul and the referee did not hesitate to point a penalty. The Barça captain herself was in charge of transforming the maximum penalty from eleven meters. With a powerful cross shot, very close to the right post of the German team’s goalkeeper, the Catalan has scored his fourth goal in European competition this season. With the target, Barça was already virtually qualified for the next round of the top European competition for the seventh year in a row. Before celebrating, however, it was necessary to face the second forty-five minutes of the confrontation.
Thrashed to the beat of drums
The drums, and even the bells, did not stop sounding during the second half either, but neither they nor the whistles managed to distract the Barça players, who ruled the match in the first ten minutes of the second half. First Irene Paredes and a few moments later Aitana Bonmatí added their goals to the total score. The Basque defense came in strong enough to head the ball against the net after a corner and add the second Barça goal to the light. A few minutes later, Aitana Bonmatí made her debut as a scorer this year in European competition thanks to a powerful shot at the penalty spot.
With only two minutes left until the regulation nineties were met, Marta Torrejón scored the 0-4 in favor of Barça thanks to an exceptional cross from Claudia Pina. And just after, Crnogorcevic scored the fifth goal. The Swiss has been injured in the same action of the goal and joins the long list of casualties of the Catalan team, which has full nursing.
For the seventh year in a row, Barça advance to the quarter-finals. In this case, the Catalan team will still have to play two games in the group stage, against Arsenal and Koge, before waiting for the draw and know which rival will play in the quarterfinals.
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