Barcelona defended their Women's Champions League title with a 2-0 win over Lyon in the final Saturday in front of a record-setting crowd of 50,827, prompting England international Lucy Bronze to say her team will "go down in history as one of the best teams in Europe."
Aitana Bonmati opened scoring in the second half and captain Alexia Putellas — whom Bronze dubbed "the queen of Barcelona" scored in stoppage time to seal the victory, Barcelona's third in four years.
It comes as the fitting end to a season that already included a domestic triple (the Liga F, the Spanish Supercopa, and the Copa de la Reina).
Barcelona had been defeated by Lyon in each of four previous meetings.
"We knew [beating Lyon] was what we really needed, to be a club that really made history," Bronze, who won three consecutive Champions League titles with Lyon before moving to Barcelona in 2022, told DAZN after the win.
"It's not easy. It's hard to win it once. To do it back-to-back, Lyon showed how difficult it is and this team has finally done that."
"We go down in history as one of the best teams in Europe...We've won it all so we've got a lot to celebrate."
She also complimented Putellas, who recovered from an ACL injury last year:
"[She's] the captain of the team, she's the queen of Barcelona for a reason. She's had to work really hard to get back fit and showed why she is a back-to-back Ballon d'Or winner."
"She's got the quality to do that in the last minute of the Champions League final when we were up against it a little bit at the end and just sealed the win for us. It was amazing."
