Barcelona win Women’s Champions League with stunning comeback | Football News

Down 2-0 at half-time, Barcelona came back to beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-2 – with Swedish defender Fridolina Rolfo scoring the winning goal.

Barcelona won their second Women’s Champions League in three years after coming back from two goals down to beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-2 in a thrilling final in front of a sell-out crowd in Eindhoven.

Sweden defender Fridolina Rolfo hit the winner from close range in the 70th minute, capping off a stunning comeback for Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ which , which trailed 2-0 at halftime, the winner from close range in the 70th minute.

The Spanish league champions quickly put the record straight in the second half as Patricia Guijarro headed in two goals in the first five minutes after the break.

Jonatan Giraldez’s side have now won two of the last three finals after securing their first win against Chelsea in 2021, continuing to establish themselves as the main rivals for a record eight times winners Lyon.

Barcelona secured victory with two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas on the bench until the final stages, as she continued to find form after a knee injury sidelined her for most of the season.

“I was very emotional, I never thought it would happen, at 2-0 [down] at the beginning, I felt we could do it, but it was very difficult,” Rolfo told DAZN’s match-winner.

“We showed a lot of mentality today; I am very proud of the team.

“[At half-time, we said] we just have to keep going, we have the ball, we did a good job, but they scored two goals from their two chances, but we have to keep going, believe in what we do, and we did .

Wolfsburg took the lead just three minutes later when Ewa Pajor picked Lucy Bronze’s pocket on the edge of the box and sent a shot past Sandra Panos.

The England international has not played since April, having surgery on his knee after the first-leg semifinal win over Chelsea, and that rust is showing.

Goalkeeper Panos did better too, beating Pajor’s effort but not doing enough to prevent his ninth strike of the tournament.

Barcelona defender Irene Paredes should have equalized but sent a free header wide of the far post from Mapi Leon’s sweetly delivered corner.

Caroline Graham Hansen, who scored in both legs of the semifinal win over Chelsea, also spurned a good chance from point-blank range, failing to make solid contact with a cross.

Barcelona soon paid the price for their stupidity, with Wolfsburg scoring the second on the counterattack.

Veteran forward Alexandra Popp muscled Leon off the ball, much to Barcelona’s dismay, before bursting into the box to head home the second from Pajor’s cross.

The Germans deserved their advantage, with Barcelona lacking sharpness and unable to match their opponents’ energy levels.

But Barcelona’s second-half storm proved too much for Wolfsburg, who are chasing their first Champions League crown since 2014.

They came close to an equalizer from a stoppage-time corner, but in the end, there was little on offer to prevent Barcelona from lifting the trophy in front of nearly 34,000 fans at Eindhoven’s PSV Stadium.

This year’s final was the first before a sell-out crowd in the history of the Women’s Champions League and attracted the largest crowd at a women’s football match ever played in the Netherlands.