Barcelona celebrates its eighth league title and the return of Alexio Putellas

Women’s Barça celebrated their eighth league title this Sunday, the fourth in a row, and the return of Alexia Putellas, who returned to the game after ten months on the sidelines due to a serious knee injury. With a victory against Sporting de Huelva (3-0) at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, the Barça team was once again declared champions with three days left in the competition — four for Barcelona — with 26 wins in as many games and a full 78 points.

An impeccable record for Barcelona in the League, which, even without its big star, winner of two Golden Balls and two FIFA The Best, strongly dominated, scoring 108 goals (an average of four per game). and only five against . Some numbers from another dimension for the team led by Jonatan Giráldez, who sang the alirón three days after they qualified for their third successive Champions League final. Alexia Putellas did not reappear in Thursday’s European Cup semi-final second leg against Chelsea because the circumstances and the difficulty of the game demanded it, but her return came on a most special day.

With Barça already 2-0 up, the best player in the world came on the field in the 73rd minute to join the tower and take part in a new conquest of the team that has achieved offensive supremacy in the women’s league. Alexia Putellas came on for warm-up in the 60th minute, and the 5,289 fans present at Johan Cruyff greeted the Catalan midfielder and captain of the hegemonic team that is offensively dominant in the national championship with a standing ovation.

With the Liga mathematically guaranteed after goals from Laia Codina and Jan Fernández, Alexia, from her usual inside position, was very involved and even tried to score with a shot into the side of the Huelva net, before Asisat Oshoala closed the scoring in the 89th minute. teammates covered on the field, the Barça captain received the trophy that accredits the champion in the box and Barça celebrated it as it deserved with its fans.