May 21 will always be a black day for FC Barcelona. On the one year anniversary of the painful defeat against Lyon in the Champions League final in Turin, Jonatan Giráldez's men suffered their first league defeat for almost two years. A double from Kundananji sentenced a Blaugrana team more pending the Champions League final on June 3, than a League mathematically sentenced for several days. Alexia's goal, the first since his injury, was not enough to prevent it (2-1).
With the title already secured, Giráldez's only objective was that no one would get hurt two weeks before the duel against Wolfsburg and distribute minutes among the players to arrive in the best conditions. Nor could this goal be met as Oshoala had to retire with muscle discomfort when only 17 minutes of the game had been played.
With no tension in the ranks of the Blaugrana team, Kundananji's verticality was a real knife that exposed the shortcomings of a very unsuccessful defense in the duel against Madrid CFF. The African striker scored a double in seven minutes that left Barcelona knocked out. The first goal came after a ball behind the defense for Kundananji who took advantage of Sandra Paños's blunder at the start to score on an empty goal. With no time for the Blaugrana reaction, the second top scorer in the F League would once again beat the Alicante goal in another badly defended counter. There was a previous foul by the Madrid CFF striker against Irene Paredes, but Mapi stopped waiting to be pointed out and by the time she wanted to react, Kundananji had already won the race. Salma Paralluelo was able to close the gap in the last action before the break, but his goal was canceled due to a dubious offside.
Barça improved its poor image in the second half. Giráldez's changes reactivated the team, which would end up being completely connected with the goal from Alexia Putellas. The captain, who had entered two minutes earlier, caught a dead ball in the small area and beat the local goalkeeper without thinking to make it 2-1. It was the first goal for the blaugrana since he returned after his long injury. Alexia's last goal had to be found almost a year ago, in the final of the Copa de la Reina last season.
The Catalan team kept looking for him, and with great insistence, especially through a very active Patri Guijarro, but fortune did not smile on the champion, who saw how time was running out without being able to avoid defeat. The Catalan team did not find a goal, which had to close the season with its first defeat in almost two years.
Since June 2019, FC Barcelona has not lost. On that occasion, against Atlético de Madrid (4-3) and also with the League already won. Now Barça has to erase this match, which Mapi León also ended with discomfort, and recover physically and mentally to face the Champions League final against Wolfsburg on June 3 (4:00 p.m.) in Eindhoven. The finishing touch to a season in which they have won the League and the Super Cup. The Cup, on the other hand, fell by the wayside due to a colossal administrative error by FC Barcelona, which improperly lined up Geyse against Osasuna, being disqualified from the tournament.
