FC Barcelona comprehensively defeated OL Lyonnes 4-0 in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final on Saturday to claim their fourth European crown. The victory in Oslo came courtesy of a fine second-half brace by the unstoppable Ewa Pajor and a delightful double from Salma Paralluelo at the death, which included a superb golazo.
With this historic victory, Barça exacted their revenge for the 2025 final, which they had lost by the narrowest of margins against Arsenal.
In addition, the Catalan giants secured their ticket to the sophomore edition of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup™, where they will face the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina champions in the final phase of the tournament, which is taking place in Miami between 27 and 31 January 2027.
Under the low-slung sun of Oslo, the first half clearly belonged to Lyonnes, who thought they had opened the scoring with an opportunistic finish by Lindsey Heaps, only to see the goal disallowed by VAR for offside. Selma Bacha then came agonizingly close to finding the net with a direct free-kick in the 41st minute, but Cata Coll was there to deny her.
After the break, Barcelona shifted into a higher gear, fully determined to defeat Lyonnes, just as they had in the 2024 final in Bilbao. Sent through perfectly in full stride by Patricia Guijarro, Pajor opened the scoring by outpacing Ingrid Engen before perfectly angling her right-footed shot across the goal.
It was a goal of pure striker instinct — and one that did not stand alone — as 14 minutes later, the Pole struck again from close range, netting her 11th goal in the Champions League campaign.
This brace completely liberated Pere Romeu’s charges, who never wavered against the French side. On fire, Paralluelo capped off the rout with a lovely brace of her own. Her first goal was a true gem: a thunderous right-footed strike that left Cristiane Endler with absolutely no chance.
What they said…
“I feel very proud… it’s incredible. To lift this trophy is historical. In the first half, we knew they would be physically strong and at half-time, we said ‘Let’s keep pushing’ as we knew we would have chances and we scored finally. Now it’s time to celebrate.”
Alexia Putellas, Barcelona captain
“It’s been very special [winning the title is Oslo], every corner, the route to the stadium… I know it so well, past my home my school… I’m so proud of the team today because we stuck together even though maybe we didn’t have the advantage in the first half and in the second half, we came out a bit different and we had more chances and felt the confidence growing.”
Caroline Graham Hansen, Barcelona’s Norwegian winger
“There’s a lot of disappointment but also a lot of pride. I’m proud of this team… it’s a little emotional as it’s my last Champions League game. I think we gave it our all and did a lot of good things and were in the game until the end but unfortunately we didn’t put the ball in the back of the net and they did. They are a very good team and a lot of respect to them.”
Lindsey Heaps, OL Lyonnes midfielder
