In a fascinating half hour, from the 17th minute until half-time, Barcelona scored three goals, three posts and countless chances. Montjuïc enjoyed its first women’s classic with the final hand. “Playing here is incredible. “It has been a party,” stated Mariona Caldentey, author of the 3-0 scoreline.
The Barça forward acknowledges that the team enjoyed it on the pitch. “Things have turned out well for us. We have had fun. I think we had a good time, us and the audience,” Caldentey confessed, among the 38,000 spectators. “It is a luxury to have almost 40,000 people with us. We all feel the connection with the people. We work to give them a lot of joy,” she dedicated.
“This victory is for them,” said Jonatan Giráldez. “It was a round game even though the score was a little short,” said the Blaugrana coach, very self-demanding. “Scoring five goals against second place is not easy. We had a very high competitive level throughout the game. This is the way forward, we cannot let up because in three days we have another game,” he said, remembering Wednesday’s Champions League match ( 9pm) against Eintracht in Frankfurt.
“At the beginning, when they took several corners, I thought it would be more even,” Aitana Bonmatí said on DAZN. But Barça did not forgive. “We started a little hastily but we corrected ourselves. The games are long and at half-time we already had a result in our favor,” explained Caldentey.
Barcelona, ??current champion of the League and Champions League, has won its 12 games against Real Madrid. “The titles come in March, April and May and that’s when we have to be good,” recalled Caroline Graham Hansen, to reduce the euphoria a little. Because the Blaugrana’s ambition is very great. “I think we are showing that this team has no ceiling and does not get tired of winning. Our goal is that, that the classics that come are also won by Barça,” Caldentey warned.
For Giráldez, the League is not doomed with this victory: “We have had very few days to guess how the year will go. We played a great game and we got within 6 points, but there is still a lot left. We cannot settle for what we have done today “You have to value the victories, obviously, but there is a lot left,” he said, always seeking excellence.
The Blaugrana coach did not want to get involved when assessing whether the distance between his team and Real Madrid has been shortened in recent years: “Our job is to improve every day. We don’t have to prove anything, we have to face each game with the objective of being better than the rival. It is not my job to analyze the competitive version of other teams. We train and play, we must stay out of the media noise,” she stated.
