Barcelona crushes Real Madrid 7-0 in the first classic without Alexia Putellas

In the first classic without the iconic Alexia Putellas, Barcelona devastated Madrid at the Camp Nou as they had done with her so many times before Mollet del Vallès left this summer for London City Lionesses. Barça continues to be very much Barça for Real, a world for now superior and unattainable no matter how much it no longer has the top historical scorer in face-to-face matches or no matter how much Aitana Bonmatí, the current Ballon d'Or winner, started this Sunday on the bench. Under the illuminating direction of Patri and the enormous punch of Pina, the distance was so wild that the result in the first half reached 5-0 and the stadium had already made the wave several times before the referee sent the players to the locker room. The blow was spectacular with the final 7-0 to move White away to five points in the F League with only six games played and above all to warn that between the current champions and the contenders there is still a gap of oceanic dimensions today.

The autumn temperature and the absence of rain invited Barça fans to come to the Camp Nou after the storm that hit the city on Saturday night and forced the match to be delayed from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The sudden peaceful atmosphere seemed to motivate Pere Romeu's group. His performance was overwhelming, with a suffocating forward pressure that prevented Madrid from making three passes in a row before Pina made the first in the fourth minute of the game. In the action of the forward, the great protagonist of the afternoon with four goals in the first section, Real's defensive weakness also collaborated: none of the six players he passed dared to put their foot in him or to body to disturb his leadership.

Barça's football was so fluid and organic that it contrasted with Madrid's difficulties in maintaining possession. The Barça players gathered in the center to mix from the order and rhythm that Patri imposed and then accelerate the plays with the incursions of Pina, Hansen and Pajor. On Quesada's team, however, only Linda was capable of continuing the actions. The Colombian kept the ball every time her teammates looked for her and conveyed a sense of danger if she could run despite Barcelona's defensive vigilance.

The work of the powerful Aïcha on Linda was exceptional and gave way to the second when she won a race with which the coffee maker intended to stand against Cata. The recovery of the under-20 world champion with Spain ended in Patri, who put Pajor in flight. The Pole's rejected shot fell to Pina, who beat Frohms with a corner shot.

The Moncada i Reixac forward scored the third after another fantastic delivery from Patri and completed her poker before the intermission after Hansen also dunked. Madrid did not have any type of response to the gale that Barcelona posed. The best news for White was the green shoots displayed on the left side by the very young Silvia Cristóbal, who just a week ago was celebrating world gold with Aïcha in Poland, and that her rival slowed down a bit in the second half.