Two matchdays of the women's league have been played, and the championship can already be considered over. Real Madrid, which claimed that the gap with Barça had narrowed, is already five points behind after just two matchdays.
This is the reality of Spanish women's soccer. Barça has lost ten players this summer, some of them important, as a consequence of the financial fair play affecting the club.
Nothing has changed. The dominance is so overwhelming that the eternal contender, Real Madrid, is already out of the race by the second matchday.
The boom of Spanish women's soccer doesn't exist. It's Barça's boom
The situation confirms that the so-called "boom" of Spanish women's soccer doesn't exist. There's no boom here except for Barça's. Thanks to Barça, Spain is world champion and lost in the penalty shootout of the Euro final, facing extra time with 11 players with Barça DNA.
The others are lagging behind. The biggest victim is Barça, which strolls through Spanish competitions without opposition and reaches the Champions League without knowing what it means to sweat for a victory. Barça players have scored 18 goals in two matches.
Beatriz Álvarez, president of Spanish women's soccer, is uncomfortable with Barça. "It's good to have Barça in the women's league, but it's starting to be deadly for the rest of the teams," she said recently.
Barça breaks any balance in the competition, and that's "deadly" for the president. Although later it's a privilege when it comes to relying on Barça for the national team.
Instead of working to level the championship from the top, the federation would prefer to level it from the bottom so that the difference between Barça and the others wouldn't be what it is.
Meanwhile, for another year, and it's now five since Florentino bought his team, Real Madrid is part of the group of supporting teams following in Barça's wake. This is something Florentino doesn't like, who year after year spends what his team doesn't generate in hopes of making it competitive.
Florentino considers cutting his losses
The differences, far from narrowing, are growing. That's even though Barça hasn't been able to keep vital players. Like Lucy Bronze, Keira Walsh, Fridolina Rolfö, Ingrid Engen, or above all, Mariona Caldentey.
The gap with the rest is so big that not even the departures are felt. The white president is starting to get annoyed. He has changed the coach and signed five stars, but nothing changes.
The future of the section is starting to be questioned, because Florentino is as bothered by his team not being competitive as by Barça strolling without opposition. If this doesn't change, which it won't, significant changes could happen at the end of the season.
This is the situation after the second matchday
Matchday 1: Barça, 8 - Alhama, 0. Dux Logroño, 2 - Real Madrid, 2
Matchday 2: Athletic, 1 - Barça, 8. Atlético, 2 - Real Madrid, 1.
Standings:
Barça, first. 16 goals for and 1 against. 6 points
Real Madrid, tenth. 3 goals for and 4 against. 1 point.