Women's Champions League: Barcelona come back from 2-0 down to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 to win second title

Patri Guijarro scored 2 goals successful 2 minutes instantly aft half-time

Barcelona won a 2nd Women's Champions League rubric aft coming from down successful stunning manner to bushed German giants Wolfsburg.

Spurred connected by their instant effect successful the 2nd half, Barcelona piled connected the unit and were yet rewarded.

Fridolina Rolfo got the winner, thumping it into the extortion of the nett from adjacent scope with 20 minutes left.

After losing their crown to Lyon successful last year's final, Barcelona travelled to Eindhoven arsenic favourites against a precise beardown Wolfsburg side, who were seeking a 3rd European trophy successful 10 years.

Wolfsburg got disconnected to the cleanable commencement erstwhile contention apical scorer Ewa Pajor robbed the shot disconnected England defender Lucy Bronze, returning aft genu country successful April, to thrust successful the opener.

Germany planetary Alexandra Popp was past set-up by Pajor with a teasing transverse - the striker making nary mistake arsenic she headed successful Wolfsburg's second.

Barcelona had lacked fluency and patience successful the archetypal fractional but it was nary astonishment they bounced back, displaying the prime of shot that helped them scope a 4th last successful 5 seasons.

Among Barcelona's winners was England midfielder Keira Walsh, who picked up her archetypal European title, portion Bronze became the archetypal English pistillate to triumph the trophy with 2 antithetic clubs aft winning it connected 3 consecutive occasions with erstwhile nine Lyon betwixt 2018 and 2020.

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Bronze creates past arsenic Walsh tastes success

Bronze became a serial victor of this contention portion astatine Lyon, picking up the past of her titles going into this last erstwhile they bushed Wolfsburg successful 2020.

She knew she could make past by winning a 4th crown with a 2nd nine but it was a catastrophe commencement erstwhile she mislaid possession to Pajor and was punished by her ruthlessness.

It continued to beryllium a pugnacious archetypal fractional for Bronze. She had her hands afloat with Pajor and was not capable to get guardant arsenic overmuch arsenic she liked.

As the crippled wore on, Barcelona's prime pulled done with superstars Caroline Graham Hansen and Aitana Bonmati showing idiosyncratic accomplishment connected the close to set-up Guijarro doubly successful arsenic galore minutes.

Walsh was marked retired for astir of the crippled and had small interaction earlier she was substituted precocious connected aft Maria Caldentey poked it into Rolfo's way for Barcelona's third.

But it was an unforgettable evening for the erstwhile Manchester City player, winning her archetypal European rubric successful her debut play for Barcelona aft leaving puerility nine past summertime for a world-record transportation fee.

It caps disconnected a stunning twelvemonth for English duo Bronze and Walsh, who played a cardinal relation successful the Lionesses' occurrence astatine Euro 2022 and adhd this trophy to the Spanish league rubric they secured a fewer weeks ago.

Popp equals grounds but can't unafraid win

Alexandra Popp has won 3 Champions League titles

It was a transportation packed afloat of world-class talent, 1 of those being Germany striker Popp. She did not neglect to deliver.

The 32-year-old was chasing a 4th rubric to adhd the trophy she won with Duisburg successful 2009 and the 2 she had already won with Wolfsburg.

She scored the opening extremity the past clip Wolfsburg won the Champions League successful 2014 and she was deadly successful the container this clip astir erstwhile she headed successful Pajor's teasing transverse to marque it 2-0.

That extremity meant she equalled erstwhile Ballon d'Or victor Ada Hegerberg's contention grounds of scoring successful 4 abstracted finals.

Against antithetic opposition, that extremity whitethorn person fixed Wolfsburg a comfy cushion astatine half-time, but Wolfsburg were blown distant by Barcelona's prime aft the break.

Such was the spot of their opponent's depth, they were capable to bring connected breathtaking Brazilian guardant Geyse and Ballon d'Or victor Alexia Putellas, inactive returning to afloat fittingness pursuing betterment from an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

But contempt ending up connected the losing side, Popp's signifier successful her 11th play with Wolfsburg has been fantabulous and she volition anticipation that continues astatine the World Cup which kicks disconnected successful Australia and New Zealand connected 20 July.

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