Sporting Huelva vs FC Barcelona Femeni: Live Commentary

Hello everyone, and welcome to the first game of the 2023–2024 Liga F season. Join our live commentary as Madrid CFF takes on FC Barcelona Femeni.

Here is the starting lineup for Barcelona:

1️⃣1️⃣ inicial al Nuevo Colombino ✊ pic.twitter.com/rPY1jb59PT

— FC Barcelona Femení (@FCBfemeni) October 1, 2023

The kickoff whistle has been blown, and we are underway here at Madrid CFF’s stadium.

1′ Barcelona gets the game started.

2′ Barcelona start the game strong. Bruna Vilamala skies the ball from outside the box

5′ First corner of the game goes to Huelva

7′ Vicky Lopez!!! Oh! The teenager comes very close to opening the scoring

9′ Vicky Lopez’s shot gets deflected wide and wins Barcelona their first corner of the game

11′ Vicky Lopez again. Her shot goes just wide

18′ Graham Hansen’s cross fails to find a teammate in the box

19′ Goalkeeper almost spills her teammate’s failed clearance to give Barca the lead

24′ GOOOAAALLL for Barcelona. Claudia Pina opens the scoring. Assist by Bruna Vilamala

24′ Wonderful exchange of passes down the right flank between Graham and Vicky Lopez, leads to Bruna’s assist for Pina in the box.

29′ Vicky Lopez strikes again from the edge of the box but failed to keep the ball down

31′ Sporting Huelva almost gets a goal after some slack defending by Barcelona

33′ Vicky Lopez’s cross into the box gets cleared by Sporting Huelva’s defense

34′ Graham’s attempted comeback intercepted by the defense

34′ Mapi Leon finds Graham Hansen at the far post, but the Norwegian is flagged offside

36′ Claudia Pina forces a shot but skies it way over the goalpost

41′ Miku down injured for Sporting Huelva

42′ Graham Hansen!!! Her shot shaves the goalpost. Close for Barcelona

44′ Claudia Pina gets fouled on the touchline. Freekick for Barcelona

45′ Shot from range. Barcelona wins a corner

HALFTIME

46′ And the second half is underway

49′ Brugts shoots on target but failed to trouble the keeper

52′ Patri Guijarro almost converts Graham’s cross but is penalized for a high foot on a Sporting Huelva defender

54′ Patri Guijarro almost finds Graham Hansen with a through ball but just a bit much for the Norwegian

56′ Claudia Pina shoots wide of the post

59′ Graham Hansen’s shot from the edge of the box gets deflected for a Barcelona corner

61′ Graham Hansen comes close. However, the referee decides that the ball has run out of play

63′ Vicky Lopez drives into the box but her cutback fails to find any of her teammates in the box

65′ Substitution for Barcelona Femeni: Vicky, Engen, and Bruna replaced by Aitana, Alexia, and Mariona

68′ Putellas!!! OMG! Close! So close! Alexia fires over the crossbar from close range

69′ Substitution for Sporting Huelva: Carrasco and De Filippo replaced by Isina and Bialoszewska

70′ Graham Hansen just misses the header at the last moment

71′ Chelsea Ashurts injured in goal for Sporting Huelva

76′ Penalty for Barcelona! Esmee Brugts brought down in the box

77′ PENALTY MISS! Alexia misses from the spot. Saved by the goalkeeper

80′ Graham Hansen cross just slides across the face of goal

82′ Substitution for Barcelona Femeni: Graham and Marta replaced by Corrales and Paredes

85′ Substitution for Barcelona Femeni: Romero replaced by Balleste

87′ So close for Barcelona. Esmee Brugts hits the post

89′ Corner kick for Barcelona

90′ 5 minutes added time

90+2′ GOOAAALLL!!! Barcelona get the second. Patri Guijarro heads in from Aitana Bonmati’s cross

90+3′ Huelva working their way into the Barcelona box, but the play is flagged for offside

90+5′ GOAAALLL!!! Huelva scores. Balleste finds the back of the net with the last kick of the game

FULLTIME

Sporting Huelva 1 – 2 FC Barcelona Femeni