The women of FC Barcelona are Champions League winners in 2021. In the final, they showed Chelsea FC around Melanie Leupolz and Ann-Katrin Berger the limits.
The national football players Melanie Leupolz and Ann-Katrin Berger received a bitter lesson in the Champions League final with Chelsea. In the 0: 4 (0: 4) against the strong FC Barcelona, Leupolz in Gothenburg in particular experienced a pitch-black evening.
The ex-Munich player scored an own goal after just 33 seconds when she was shot by Fran Kirby while attempting to clear. Then the midfielder caused a penalty by fouling Jennifer Hermoso, which Alexia (14th) converted.
Chelsea’s disastrous start
Aitana Bonmati (21st) and Caroline Hansen (36th) made Chelsea’s catastrophic start perfect. Leupolz’ working day was over after the first half, the Spanish champions Barcelona celebrated the greatest success in the history of the women’s team with their maiden victory.
Chelsea had knocked out Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich in the previous two rounds on their way to their first final. The club from London was the first club with a women’s and men’s team to make it into the premier class finals at the same time.