Aitana Bonmati (26 years old) always shows up at important moments. And he did not miss the event in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Norwegian side Brann. Barcelona had a slight advantage from the first leg and the match against Johan Cruyff was strange. Barça dominated, but they didn’t finish making their chances. Until the Blaugrana midfielder said enough is enough.
Proper Ballon d’Or, he showed his power and invented a great goal to open the scoring and put us on track to the semi-finals of the Champions League, the seventh in the history of Barça, the sixth in a row . In addition, he assisted Patri to make it 3-1, closing the tie.
The play has started Alexia Putellas, who dropped a ball that fell from the sky with his chest and a lot of class. The Barça captain gave it to young Brugts and the Dutchwoman, with two touches, saw Aitana clear the check, to her left. The midfielder of Sant Pere de Ribes received from the front, invented a roulette wheel and a bicycle to leave the ball to his left. And with his left foot, with full intent, he shot past the far post of the visiting goalkeeper, Mikalsen, by far the most outstanding Norwegian team this time helpless.
Smiles and celebrations with anger and the rest of his teammates as well. A goal that calmed the game and restored dominance to Barça, who did not achieve the goal of silence, the work of Rolfo, until the second half. Merit also goes to the Scandinavian opponent, who stood up and did not give up for 90 minutes.
A goal shy of Alexia’s record
Furthermore, yesterday’s goal against Brann meant the twentieth goal of Aitana in the Champions League.
In this way, the Barça youth player surpassed Jenni Hermoso (19) and one behind Barça’s all-time top scorer in Europe: Alexia Putellas (21).
Solidarity t-shirt
Before the match, Aitana Bonmati He arrived at the stadium wearing a retro ‘Coolligan’ t-shirt with the slogan “Mental Health Matters.” An initiative promoted by Real Sociedad’s international goalkeeper Álex Remiro and the Fútbol Más Foundation, which promoted a socio-educational impact project in sport to work on positive parenting and emotional regulation of men, women and family that practices sport
Source: La Verdad
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