Barcelona win the Spanish Women’s Championship

This Sunday, Barcelona became four-time Spanish Women’s Football Champions by beating Huelva 2-0 at home in a matchday 27 match marked by the return of Alexia Putellas.

The Catalan side, now holding eight titles, all snatched in the last 12 years, added a 26th triumph in 26 games with goals from Laya Codina in the 39th minute, Yana Fernandez in the 62nd and Nigerian Asisat Oshoala. , at 89.

After triumphs in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, Barça, who have 78 points – Real Madrid, in second place, has 65 and can only reach 77 – again did not give the competition a chance, now sealing the long announced title .

The highlight of the day was the return of Alexia Putellas, who, after an unused substitution in Thursday’s 1-1 Champions League semi-final draw against Chelsea, this time played her first minutes of the 2022/23 season. season.

Putellas suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his left knee on 5 July 2022 in Spain training for Euro 2022, and his last game was on 1 July 2022 in a friendly against Italy in which he scored against Spain (1-1) in Castell di Sangro.

In the service of Barcelona, ​​the number 11 has not played since May 29, 2022, when he scored the sixth goal of Barca in the 2021/22 Queen’s Cup final, curiously, also against Huelva (6:1).

The Ballon d’Or and FIFA Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022 started the warm-up after about 60 minutes, to a “frenzy” of 5289 spectators who filled the Johan Cruyff Stadium, and entered the field at 74 hours, replacing Claudia Pina.

Catalan coach Jonathan Giraldes will certainly give Alexia minutes in the last league matches, preparing her for the Champions final on June 3 against Arsenal or Wolfsburg in Eindhoven.