“Don’t freeze in awe.” That was the trainer’s instructions Read Brancao before the second duel SKN St. Pölten with the FC Barcelona. The first measurement was lost 0:7.
In the end it was a 1:4 in Viola Park with a highlight from St. Pölten’s perspective: Valentina girl can now say that he scored a goal for Barcelona.
On this fourth match day Champions-League-Group phase on the cold Thursday evening, the Lower Austrians’ initial respect evaporated after around ten minutes. The St. Pölten five-man chain still withstood the attacks of the Catalans.
One or two times SKN attacker Valentina Mädl came close to the Barca goal Cata Coll. Immediately after a direct free kick from the SKN captain Maria Mikolajova the guests used the vacated rooms. Francisca Nazareth scored the opening goal (20th) after an error by Kamila Dubcova in your own penalty area.
The FC Barcelona fans in the stadium thawed out and became louder, the St. Pölten women did not want to be discouraged by the bitter goal. More than 8,832 traveled to Viola Park in Favoriten in temperatures just above freezing. Record in Austrian women’s club football. More than the NV Arena in St. Pölten, which could not be used due to mold after the flood, would have held. Many fans of the footballers from Barcelona also didn’t want to miss the fact that two world footballers had come to Vienna. Alexia Putellas played from the start, Aitana Bonmati came during the break.
The Catalans’ dominance was reflected in 79 percent possession of the ball in the first half. They kept having chances, goal getter Nazareth, who had too much space in the penalty area, scored for the second time. A little later my colleague hung up Vicky Lopez Number three after.
The St. Pölten women kept coming up with counterattacks and shots, but they still remained too harmless. When Putellas crowned their good performance with a beautifully scored goal after just under an hour, it got really loud.
Huge cheers for Valentina girls
But just a few moments later, St. Pölten was celebrating. After a free kick from Mikolajova, Mädl hit the defending champions’ goal from close range. The collective cheers of the Lower Austrians were heartwarming.
Sarah Mattner She could almost have done the same when she put a huge chance just wide of the goal (75′).
