As in the concerts, the Barça players closed their performance at La Romareda with a unanimous voice: “No n’hi ha prou” (there is not enough), “one more.” One more encore to complete a dream season. As if the Queen’s Cup were a preamble, the opening tournament for next Saturday’s grand final in Bilbao, the Champions League.
Mariona Caldentey, scorer of two goals, was named best player of the match. Felanitx’s forward urged her team and Barcelona fans not to give up yet, since the Champions League remains. “Today’s work is done, but not yet the entire season’s work. We have one more title left,” commented the Spaniard in reference to the Bilbao final next Saturday in Bilbao.
Despite the ease of achieving this 10th Cup with Real Sociedad 8-0, Caldentey highlighted the merit of this team. “We cannot normalize the result, there is a lot of work behind it. We have a great collective game.”
One of the keys to Barça’s motivation and self-demand is the ambition to continue adding titles. “There are always challenges and new things, we had never won all the titles of the season. We have a week left to rest and prepare, and the team will show its face, as always,” commented Caldentey, who will probably leave the team at the end of the season.
The Cup won in Zaragoza for Sandra Paños, the goalkeeper who will leave Barça at the end of the season, was also special. “What we have done is very deserved, it is not easy at all and we must value it. There are only a few weeks left to finish. I am very happy about all these years at Barça, which have been incredible. This title is well deserved and must be enjoyed.
“The Champions League final is not going to be easy at all. We hope there will be a great atmosphere in Bilbao that will help us fight for the title. Olympique is a great rival. Anyone can win. We are going to give it our all, we are going to give our all. It would be amazing to win all 4 titles,” commented goalkeeper Sandra Paños.