Barça solved the duel against Levante Las Planas with solvency in a complicated week between the victory suffered against Levante and before next Sunday's classic in Madrid. On an artificial turf field, in the rain and weighed down by injuries, the Barça team won 0-4, with goals from Patri, Oshoala, Paredes and an immense Salma Paralluelo, who participated in all four of the team's goals.
Nine years later, Barça and Levante Las Planas faced each other again in the new Catalan F League derby, with permission from relegated Espanyol. Just as Xavi Llorens' team did then, Jonatan Giráldez's Barça also left Les Planes with the three points. In the duel corresponding to the first day of the League, which was suspended due to the arbitration strike, the fans responded with a vengeance by filling the only stand of a stadium that once again reopened the debate on the quality that should be required of the playing fields of the top competition. On artificial grass and under poor lighting, Barça achieved their seventh victory this season.
After the hard-fought victory against Levante, Giráldez made up to eight changes to the eleven, including the return of Sandra Paños to the goal or the starting role of the young María Pérez in the axis of defense and Salma Paralluelo, who made her debut last weekend. week already recovered from his injury.
Ferran Cabello, for his part, had planned an ultra-defensive approach, with a line of five behind and very few spaces in a narrow field, complicating the creation of chances by the azulgranas. But the leader knew how to resolve the situation, and with a note. Patri Guijarro needed only 12 minutes to open the scoring. The Balearic only had to push the ball coming in from the second row after the great assistance of Salma Paralluelo, who took advantage of Martín Pozuelo's defensive error to steal the ball and send it to Patri's boots. Levante Las Planas' only resource was stealing and speed from players like Irina Uribe or Elena Julve, but they never became a real threat to Sandra Paños.
Barça kept going and in minute 26 Oshoala scored the second in a convoluted play in which Salma Paralluelo also left her mark, with a stick. The young striker would be the big star of the night when she added to her great performance a real goal to make her debut as a scorer with the Barça shirt. Claudia Pina attended and Salma once again demonstrated her exquisite technique by beating all her rivals with a great cut. She was able to score the fourth for Barça just before the break, but Bacic's rebound bounced right at the feet of Aitana, who couldn't connect well and sent his shot too high.
With the match under control, Giráldez took the opportunity to distribute minutes to the less usual team and debuted with the first-team shirt, the subsidiary player Alba Caño. The second part continued to be a azulgrana monologue, although without as much aim. After several frustrated attempts and with ten minutes to go, Irene Paredes achieved the long-sought goal by heading in a corner kick taken by the omnipresent Salma Paralluelo. 0-4, homework done and mind set on Sunday's classic (6pm) at the Alfredo di Stéfano.
