The defeat has something that removes inside, that Break the soulas much as the brain, an expert in self -deception to allow survival, can lead to better times. TO Aitana Bonmatíthe best player in the world, little about eight o’clock on Saturday, May 24, the two golden balls he has won, the leagues or the three Champions, including the 2023 and 2024. The now football was the final of 2025, and Barcelona could not achieve the triple crown, defeated by Arsenal in the final played in Lisbon in a very tight encounter. That is why Bonmatí found no comfort in anything from the past, he cried because he had just lost, like many of his companions, although for almost all they were the undisputed favorite, just because of that recent past that did not serve as relief.
There was no Barcelona match among the 100 best he has played, for putting a figure, but he had its moment, which he failed to take advantage of. Was surprised at the beginning For the “Gunner” team, led, what is life and football, by Mariona Caldentey. The Mallorcan left Barça last summer after 10 years to look for new challenges and marked an extraordinary first part. She did won the fourth Champions, but the first thing she did before celebrating it was to go to hug who her former companions were, many of them friends.
The first big scare was taken by Barcelona with the goal at the door of Irene Paredesthen annulled thanks to the intervention of the VAR for an out of previous game. Next, Coll tasting He had to put a fantastic hand before Maanum’s shot. The arsenal pressed above, hindered the beginning of the players of the Spanish, and when he stole he arrived with danger. It is a team that likes to be dominator, but I knew that against Barça he had to play something else and did it with humility.
The reaction of the Barça began in the last stretch of the first part and took more form when returning from the break. He did it after an intermediate in which there was a lot to talk about and much to adjust. Even the Barca team was late for the grass. Upon return, Claudia Pina crashed a ball in the crossbar And Ona Batlle touched the goal with a couple of shooting from afar. Barcelona was already a more recognizable set, with Aitana at the controls, moving the team from one side to another. There were millimeter combinations, in little space, with Alexia Putellas also fuel, a lot of side center and a lot of defensive work of a very solid and safe arsenal. The Spanish team was missing the overflow of Graham Hansen, while Pajor pressed each ball thodled.
In the good times of Barcelona he managed to get a “Gunner” team, but Cata Coll was again extraordinary in hand in hand with Russo. The goalkeeper could not stop Blackstenius cross launchthat he had just entered, in a second corner play badly defended by the Barcelona.
There was time for the miracle and Barcelona pushed, but the match was not among the best 200 that the Barca ones have played, to put a figure, there was a lack of clarity and in that onslaught to the desperate one, already with Salama Paralluelo in the field, it did not generate a clear opportunity.
Arsenal wins its second European Cup 18 years later. He has eliminated the referents of recent years: Lyon, in the semifinals; and Barça, in the final.