Published: 11:11, January 27, 2025
Barcelona crushes Real Madrid to win Spanish Women's Super Cup
By Xinhua
Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati (second right) celebrates with Ewa Pajor after scoring her side's second goal during the women's Champions League group D soccer match between FC Barcelona and Manchester City at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Dec 18, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

MADRID - FC Barcelona once again made clear their dominance of the women's game as they cruised to a comfortable 5-0 win over Real Madrid in the final of the Women's Super Cup on Sunday.

Barcelona, who has a 100 percent record in Spain's Liga F, looked to control the match from the kick-off, and gave Madrid, currently second in Spain's domestic competition, a chance.

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Barca had already missed a couple of chances before Norway's Caroline Graham-Hansen opened the scoring on the half-hour with a shot from outside the area that took a deflection to wrong-foot Misa Rodriguez in the Real Madrid goal.

Polish forward Ewa Pajor doubled Barca's lead in the 37th minute with a simple finish after full-back Ona Batlle ran to the goal line and pulled the ball back for her to score with a tap-in.

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After Irene Paredes headed over from a corner in first-half injury time, Pajor headed in Barca's third of the game with the last action of the half. The striker got up to meet Graham-Hansen's corner to all-but ensure the win for Barcelona.

Patri Guijarro scored Barca's fourth with a powerful shot from distance in the 62nd minute, and only a flying save from Rodriguez soon afterward stopped Aitana Bonmati from adding a fifth.

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Alexia Putellas fired wide when it looked easier to score in the 80th minute, but the Barcelona captain was not to be denied and made it 5-0 with a close-range header after Pajor's initial effort was blocked.

The win means Barca's women's team has now won four consecutive Super Cup titles.