Barcelona thrashed Real Sociedad 8-0 to win the Queen's Cup in Zaragoza on Saturday and took another step towards completing the first quadruple in its history.
Barça's victory at La Romareda sealed a national treble, with the F League and the Spanish Super Cup already concluded, and now only Lyon stands between them and a four-trophy season when the two teams meet in the League final of Champions next weekend.
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Ona Batlle, Caroline Graham Hansen and Mariona Caldentey helped score doubles against Real, with Salma Paralluelo and Clàudia Pina also scoring as Barça won the Cup for the tenth time, a record in the club's history.
“The goal is always to score as soon as possible, that always helps,” striker Caldentey told TVE after the game.
“We have been playing well and when that happens, we all score, we all assist and it is a great victory that we are very happy with.
“We're in good shape. It's three out of four trophies, so we have one left.”
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Five minutes were enough for full-back Batlle to open the scoring and the final was practically over in the 13th minute, when Paralluelo headed in to double the goal. blaugranaThe Lead.
A quick-fire brace from Graham Hansen extended Barça's lead to four and took the Norwegian winger's goal total this season to 32 in all competitions.
Batlle scored the fifth, the second, before the break and Barça showed no signs of letting up after the break, with two shots from Caldentey sandwiching a shot from Pina assisted by Caldentey, before the hour mark.
The score ended there, but Barça had already achieved the biggest historic win in a Queen's Cup final, surpassing the 6-1 they achieved against Huelva in 2022.
Barça has now set its sights on Lyon, with coach Jonatan Giráldez, who will take charge of the NWSL's Washington Spirit this summer, aiming to go out creating more history.
The Catalan club had never before won all four trophies in a single campaign, but now they are one victory away from doing so.
However, between them and a fourth trophy of the season is French champions Lyon, whom they have never beaten before.
Barça, the current European champion, will play their fourth consecutive Champions League final next Saturday in Bilbao and the fifth since 2019, of which they have won two.
The two defeats, however, were against Lyon, who have won the competition eight times, more than any other team.
