Barcelona’s Putellas wants to make amends for 2022 UCL final loss

Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas wants to make up for final season’s “traumatic” final loss to Lyon when her workforce takes on Wolfsburg in Saturday’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final.

Barca are enjoying of their third straight European Final and fourth general, wanting for their second title since lifting the trophy in 2021.

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Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Putellas scored in final season’s final in Turin, a 3-1 Barca defeat to Lyon.

“It was our worst game of the season,” Putellas mentioned on Friday. “It was traumatic because we worked a lot to win the Champions League in Turin. It’s an added reason to go all out tomorrow and bring the trophy to Barcelona. It’s going to be tough. Wolfsburg are one of the best teams in Europe. We have to touch perfection and the pressure is always there.”

Putellas, who tore her ACL whereas on worldwide responsibility with Spain final summer time, made her long-awaited return on April 30 however has but to begin for Barca this season.

“I’m 100 percent fit and eager to help the team,” she mentioned. “But it will be the coach to decide if I get minutes.”

Putellas and Barcelona winger Caroline Graham Hansen each scored of their 4-0 conquer Chelsea within the 2021 final.

Graham Hansen is wanting ahead to the title sport in Eindhoven however regrets that it’s going to coincide with the lads’s English FA Cup between Manchester City and Manchester United.

Both video games kick off at 4 p.m. CEST.

“I’m not the one that has chosen the schedule but it’s a pity to have to compete with an FA Cup final,” the Norway worldwide mentioned. “It [Philips Stadion] is a fantastic stadium and tomorrow it will be sold out. It’s going to be a fantastic atmosphere.”

Saturday’s sport will see Graham Hansen face her former workforce Wolfsburg.

“For me it’s special”, she mentioned. “I was there for five years. All I want is to win tomorrow. They are a big team, with a lot of qualify. If we win tomorrow, it will be a good sign that we are a strong team.”