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Barcelona's Putellas named Women's Champions League Player of the Season

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Reuters

Published 3 weeks ago

FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas ⁠was named by UEFA's technical group as the best player in this ‌season's Women's Champions League, less than 24 hours ‌after leading her side to ‌a 4-0 victory over OL Lyonnes to secure ‌a fourth European crown for herself ‌and the club.

[p]Competing in her sixth final in a row for the Catalan ‌side, the 32-year-old was the ⁠cornerstone of ‌a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/YFBOvfnB/"]Barcelona[/a] team that scored four times in ​the second half to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/ro3DSjf2/"]Lyon[/a], the competition's most successful ​club with eight titles.[/p][p][b]"The midfielder's 14-goal contributions were more than any other player; ⁠she scored ​seven times and assisted seven goals during Barcelona's successful campaign, which culminated in a 4-0 win against Lyon in ‌the final,"[/b] the technical group said in its motivation statement.[/p][embed guid="7b6f0544-903c-4c6f-a5b3-ae5c14333c1c" url="https://x.com/UWCL/status/2058551315307880881" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/putellas-alexia/ChQLd9ci/"]Putellas[/a] was also included as one of five Barcelona players in the Team of the Season, and 18-year-old Lyon midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yohannes-lily-isabella/CzCNrzlD/"]Lily Yohannes[/a] was named "revelation of the season" by the technical group after her ‌performances in Europe helped Lyon to ​reach a 12th Champions League final.[/p][h2]UEFA ‌Women's Champions League Team of the Season[/h2][p][b]Goalkeeper:[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/coll-catalina/p2MKhoTq/"]Cata Coll[/a] (Barcelona)[/p][p][b]Defenders: [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fox-emily/801xK11f/"]Emily Fox[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/8CKOoQdn/"]Arsenal[/a]), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/renard-wendie/IgKssfKE/"]Wendie Renard[/a] (OL Lyonnes), Mapi León (Barcelona)[/p][p][b]Midfielders: [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dumornay-melchie/xUK2gshi/"]Melchie Dumornay[/a] (OL Lyonnes), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guijarro-gutierrez/4v7cYzzC/"]Patri Guijarro[/a] (Barcelona), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)[/p][p][b]Forwards:[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pajor-ewa/WdX3NuHq/"]⁠Ewa Pajor[/a] (Barcelona), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harder-pernille/EeZjNTdN/"]Pernille ⁠Harder[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/vkjy3nF9/"]Bayern Munich[/a]), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/russo-alessia/fH7GB8No/"]‌Alessia Russo[/a] (Arsenal)[/p][embed guid="0fba200d-2e22-4de5-bbc8-c60917dbc2f8" url="https://x.com/UWCL/status/2058559342232604894" social-type="twitter" /]

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