This Sunday, an exciting women's classic was held between Espanyol and Women's Barça. It was a very challenging match for the blaugranas, as they faced a very intense Espanyol. After the tough defeat against Levante, Pere Romeu's team was forced to win to get back on a good winning streak and regain confidence.
Women's Barça Struggles but Wins the Classic
The match was very challenging for Women's Barça. Although Barça's players tried to impose their game, Espanyol didn't make it easy and hindered the creation of plays. It was tough, but Barça secured the victory.
Women's Barça managed to open the scoring in the 73rd minute with a great header from Graham Hansen. A few minutes later, Salma Paralluelo sealed the match with a second goal for the blaugrana team.
With this victory, Barça gains 3 points to maintain the lead in Liga F and increase their advantage to five points over Women's Real Madrid.
Graham Hansen Blasts Espanyol
Graham Hansen was named MVP of the match for her great performance and her goal. Despite the victory, the player was involved in a controversial moment never seen before in the footballer.
In a play with an Espanyol defender, the footballer fell to the ground and, upon getting up, pushed the opposing player. This gesture cost her a yellow card. We had never seen Hansen react like this, but in this match against Espanyol, the player lost her patience.
Her reaction was a result of the impotence and frustration of reaching the opponent's goal many times and not scoring. The player didn't hesitate to explain her attitude to Esport 3's microphone.
"They didn't want to play soccer, we already knew that. If they don't want to play, you enter the match to hit and simply try to bother the other team," Hansen commented.
Frustration with Espanyol's Play
Hansen's words reflect the frustration of the player and Barça in a match where Espanyol's players tried to stop the game at all costs. For the Norwegian footballer, these types of actions affect fair play and the professionalism of this sport.
Hansen lost her patience against Espanyol, and this could happen again, as Barça's rivals will do everything to achieve a good result. Time-wasting is constant in matches and has already been seen on more than one occasion.