{"id":1204585,"date":"2021-05-16T22:18:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1204585"},"modified":"2021-09-10T19:22:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:22:24","slug":"chelsea-0-4-barcelona-match-analysis-five-things-learned-martens-graham-hansen-alexia-mapi-leon-hayes","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-0-4-barcelona-match-analysis-five-things-learned-martens-graham-hansen-alexia-mapi-leon-hayes\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Lieke Martens final” – Five things learned as Barcelona crush Chelsea to win first-ever Women’s Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a dominant night of football, Barcelona clattered Chelsea 4-0 to win the 2020\/21 UEFA Women’s Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barcelona scored 33 seconds into the game and never looked back after that. Walloping their rivals with a huge first-half display them comfortably seeing things out after the break. What did we learn?<\/p>\n

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1. The Lieke Martens final<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Every great final has a protagonist, one player who takes the headlines. Often this is a goalscorer, but truly dominant players can impact the game without scoring. Lieke Martens is one such player, and this game belonged to her.<\/p>\n

Almost literally from the kick-off it was plainly obvious that Niamh Charles could not live with Martens. The Dutch dynamo tore away from her markers just 20 seconds into the game, drove at goal and rattled a shot off the crossbar. Caroline Graham Hansen sent the ball back into the box and in the ensuring melee, Chelsea scored an own goal.<\/p>\n

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Lieke Martens dances around Jessica Carter and puts it on a plate for Caroline Graham Hansen.<\/p>\n

Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona after 35 minutes. ?#UWCLfinal<\/a> #UWUCL<\/a><\/p>\n

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