Few days will remain more in the memory of the culers than this April 30. The day that Barcelona was proclaimed league champion for the fourth consecutive year, Alexia Putellas I was back on the grass. The captain, after nine months away from her home due to a torn cruciate ligament, has put on her bracelet again. Big day in Can Barça.
The flags were flying in the Johan Cruyff. Castellers, giants and batucada were invited to the party at the culé stadium. The blue and scarlet colors dyed the surroundings of the field and the stands and there was no fan who did not ask for their flag when passing through the lathe. Those of Jonatan Giráldez had the first matchball to win the league title and nobody wanted to miss it. Against Sporting de Huelva he had the moment. With the sign of sold out tickets and the return of Alexia Putellas to the green, the scenery presented itself unbeatable.
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Barcelona needed a victory to add their fourth consecutive league. The task seemed simple: the culés enjoy a plan of triumphs in the domestic competition. Barça has not shone on the pitch, things as they are. The rotationsthe accumulation of minutes and the lack of aim and understanding have given fans a inconspicuous party, despite the large result. However, while the sky was clouding over, Jonatan Giráldez’s men were finding lucidity on the pitch as the minutes passed.
— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) April 30, 2023
It has not been an easy first half. The blaugranas have had to row to find fluidity on the pitch. In fact, it has not been until they have seen the rest on the horizon that they have managed to get ahead on the scoreboard. And Barcelona has done it as a footballer. Laia Codina, kissing the shield, has celebrated a target that began to taste like a league. When the ball entered as if in slow motion with its volley from inside the area, Campllong’s was already running with his arms raised. He sparkle in his eyes, the one that small children irradiate at Christmas, illuminated a Johan Cruyff where the rain threatened. codena, more culé that the stick of the flag, directed the title for the culers.
Great goal from outside the area
The second half Barcelona has found more the tone and Jana Fernandez He has driven the stadium crazy with an authentic goal from outside the area. The center-back pointed to the bench while being hugged by her teammates. She was looking for a person, whom all Barcelona fans were looking forward to. Alexia Putellas. His recovery comrade, with whom he has had to share the toughest face in football after also breaking his cruciate ligament a few months before the Culer captain. That goal was for her.
And on Alexia all eyes were riveted. The captain she was waiting for her moment sitting on the bench. When Giráldez has called her to warm up, the foundations of Johan Cruyff have shaken a bit. Although nothing compared to when he took off his bib and revealed the 11th stamp on his shirt. all the stadium has risenmobile in hand, to keep in memory and in memory a historic day for Barcelona fans.
When the referee has raised the light from the band, Pina has run towards her with the bracelet in the hand. Nine months later, Alexia Putellas once again wore that emblem that, for her, is much more than football. And, as if she never had to leave, Putellas has once again set foot on the Johan Cruyff pitch. His house, the one he has missed so much and where he has always been present.
With her on the field, all that remained was to spend the last quarter of an hour until we saw her. lift the trophy. But who will think that it was worth it for Alexia to just go back, is that she does not know the culer captain. The fifteen minutes that he has been on the pitch have been a delight for any football fan. While time was subtracting from the scoreboard, oshoala has been in charge of closing the final 3-0.
No culé could or wanted to hide their joy: the Catalans were League champions with the best possible icing on the cake. And the celebration has lived up to it, how could it be otherwise. Alexia Putellas, again with the bracelet attached to her arm, has raised the glass in front of a Johan Cruyff where no one has moved from her seat.
Alexia 🎤
🙌🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/XCGeRmsX0g— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) April 30, 2023
“A little more noise Johan Cruyff!” Jonatan Giráldez asked, microphone in hand after raising his glass. “I would like to recognize the work of the entire squad and staff. I am very proud to be able to work with all of them. We are very grateful for the support you give us [afición] at Johan and the Camp Nou. We want to bring the Champions League home!” the Vigo coach declared euphorically.
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Alexia Putellas also wanted to address the fans. She was visibly moved, she began to sing with the entire crowd and the team. The Johan was a party that was crowned with loud music and a lap of honor bathed in confetti.
“Alexia had to go back alone and be recognized”
When the euphoria began to subside, Jonatan Giráldez came out at a press conference. With a smile from ear to ear, the technician wanted to acknowledge the work done with his team. “When you haven’t played for a long time, you have to break the ice. Today’s game and the result was a favorable context, not like the other day against Chelsea, which was too demanding,” the coach acknowledged about Alexia’s return. “He has been very nice since he has come out to warm up. Not much information to give [antes de que salga] because on an emotional level the player is already a bit delicate. I have told Alexia to enjoy it, that she feel the warmth of the fans and that she does it on a day like this makes it more special”, she has confessed.