The cold of Denmark does not stop Pere Romeu's Barça either

BarcelonaBarça Women continues to count its matches in the Champions League as victories: Paris, Rome and now Koge. The blue and reds were not affected by the nine degrees in Denmark at the start of the match or the stadium's artificial turf and they thrashed in a collective exhibition with goals from Graham Hansen, Ewa Pajor, Esmee Brugts, Patri Guijarro, Clara Serrajordi, Kika Nazareth and Claudia Pina, with a brace (0-8). Pere Romeu's team continues as the sole leader in the Champions League.

Before the start of the match, a respectful minute of silence was held for the victims of the train accident in Toledo in a Koge Stadion that sold out its 6,000 tickets days ago.

The blaugranes, who controlled the pace of the duel to perfection, only took ten minutes to take the lead in the score. They did so from the penalty spot after a long VAR review, which kept the match stopped for more than four minutes. Jereko brought down Claudia Pina inside the box and Graham Hansen, who was playing her 100th match in the Champions League, did not miss from eleven meters out.

The Norwegian winger, sixth in the Ballon d'Or ranking, continues to string together good performances in a season start to be framed. The same goes for Claudia Pina, who generated the second goal with a great pass to Ewa Pajor. The Polish forward resolved the action with a great touch of quality to put the ball through the legs of the opposing goalkeeper. It is Pajor's fourth goal in three Champions League matches.

Barça was so comfortable on the pitch that even Cata Coll wanted to show her quality with a cutback in the middle of the field after coming out to cut off a Koge counterattack. The Balearic goalkeeper was very well covered by Aïcha Camara and Renee van Asten, Pere Romeu's bet to replace the absence of Irene Paredes, who will be out for three weeks due to injury. It was the first time that both coincided together in the center of the defense.

Gale in the second half

Far from stopping, Pere Romeu's team stepped up a gear in the second half, aware that the goal difference could be important in the final standings, and Esmee Brugts joined the party after a cross from Sydney Schertenleib.

But the person leading it all was Claudia Pina, who once again generated the fourth goal. The midfielder from Montcada i Reixac took a corner kick that the defense failed to clear, and Patri Guijarro, with a back-heel, took advantage of it to extend the lead on the scoreboard in favor of a Barça side that was not easing up. Clara Serrajordi, with a stunner from the edge of the box, scored the fifth, while Kika Nazareth—who was close to scoring with a bicycle kick—made her debut as a blaugrana goalscorer this season after a great combination with Rosalía Domínguez and Ewa Pajor.

Finally, Pina, after distributing several assists, managed to find the back of the net twice to complete another blaugrana goal fest in the Champions League. Pere Romeu also gave a debut to defender Noa Jiménez. Barça defeated Koge, maintained their good momentum, remained the sole leader in the standings, and also surpassed Olympique Lyonnais in overall goal difference. Everything went perfectly in Denmark.