Barcelona Women extend the lead at the top against 2nd Placed Athletic Club : Spanish Women's Primera Round Up

On Target: Jennifer Hermoso puts Barcelona confidenlty on top

Yesterday was quite quiet concerning Women’s Football as there was very little action. In the Spanish League referred to as ‘Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino’ there was a top of the table clash as 2 times defending champions and league leaders FC Barcelona welcomed 2^nd placed Athletic Club with the intention of extending their lead at the top of the table.

The game was a bit of an end to end stuff as both teams threatened but there was no impact on the score line. Athletic seemed to have quite a lot of chances but couldn’t find a way to put the ball where it really mattered, in the back of the net.

As the game settled past the half hour with 16 minutes of normal time to go, Jennifer Hermoso finally made a chance count for Barcelona. The new signing from Sweden’s Tyresö FF made it a goal to nothing as the Athletic club tried to find a way back into the game but the goal never came.

Surprisingly FC Barcelona withdrew star players Soni-Sonia Bermúdez- and Alexia Putellas quite early in the second half, subbed off probably because of their UEFA Women’s Champions League second leg clash against VFL Wolfsburg, it seems they still relish their chances to overturn the 3 nil deficit.

Barcelona with that 1-0 win have now taken matters into their own hands in the league as they now hold a 14 point lead at the top of the table, although Athletic Club have a game in hand I doubt that matters if they are looking to fight for the title as Barcelona are in position to win it for the third time in a row.

At the bottom of the table, Granada are 7 points away from safety the only team worse than them are Levante Las Planas who are 5 points away from 14^th placed Sevilla.

As the title seems destined to go to Barcelona at the top end of the table I think the other end of the table has the better intrigue, the distance between 14^th and 9^th is just 5 points, a slip by any of the clubs just about the relegation could cost them if and only if the bottom two do put up a good fight.

FC Barcelona’s Soni is the top scorer in the liga with 23 goals, despite Granada’s position they have a top scorer in Noelia Aybar nicknamed ‘Rivi’ who is second on the log with 18 goals, second placed Athletic have Erika Vázquez also with 18 goals and María Paz Vilas is fourth on the top scorers list with 16 goals. Soni seems the favorite to win the top scorer award; she finished the previous season with 21 goals.

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