A very determined Barcelona silenced a fantastic attendance of 60,739 to rekindle hopes of claiming the Liga Iberdrola championship.
In a very evenly matched contest defences dominated the first half which ended scoreless.
Barcelona opened the second half stronger and as the half grew they pressured the Atletico defence until Asisat Oshoala opened the scoring from a corner with a opportunistic headed goal on 65 minutes.
Barcelona grew in confidence and was no surprise when Toni Duggan finished of a fine move to double the lead on 79 minutes to seal the win on a historic day in women’s football.
Barcelona still remain three points behind Atletico in the race for the title.
In Germany Wolfsburg conceded a opening minute goal and a last minute goal but scored three of their own in between to see off Freiburg 3-2, and stay ahead of Bayern who strolled to a 5-0 victory over Potsdam at the top of the Frauen Bundesliga on goal difference.
PSG warmed up for the midweek Uwcl tie at Chelsea with a 2-0 win over a very dogged Dijon side and held on to hopes of claiming the D1F Title for the first time, with two late goals from Diallo 88 and Baltimore 90+2.
Lyon crushed third place Bordeaux 7-1 as they prepared for a huge uwcl clash against Wolfsburg. Montpellier also recorded a big win as they dominated Metz 6-0. Lille staged a thrilling second half fight back to maintain their hopes of survival. Down 0-3 to Guingamp at half time they came storming back to record a 3-3 draw with Boussaha scoring a 87th minute equaliser.
In Argentina Boca returned to normal ground after last week’s match in the Bombonera. They had no problem in seeing of Racing 6-0 to close in on River who held off a UBA fight back for a 4-3 win. Champions Urquiza returned to action after a lay off due to the international break and scored a impressive 3-0 win at San Lorenzo to maintain their 100 % start to the season.
In Puerto Rico, Sol recorded their 14th win from 14 to move within 1 point of claiming the championship. Puerto Rico Sol defeated Metropolitan 2-1 with goals from Karina Socceras and Leilany Rivera as closest rivals Bayamon was held to a 3-3 draw with Aguilas.
In Chile champions Santiago Morning defeated Antofagasta 3-0 in round two of the women’s reformed national championship. Colo Colo opened the weekends proceedings Friday scoring a thrilling 3-2 win over U. De Chile. Inuique recorded a impressive 3-0 win over Santiago Wanderers to round off the weekend activities in Chile.
Reading recorded a thrilling extra time 3-2 win over Manchester United in the FA Cup Quarter finals with virtually the last kick of the match in the 120+2 minute. A goalless 90 minutes give no hint of the extra time drama to come. United twice took the lead through goals from Greenwood and a Harding own goal only for Reading to respond within a minute on each occasion with goals from Allen and Furness before Allen’s last gasp bundled goal home to seal a frantic victory.
Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 win over Liverpool, West Ham saw off à determined Aston Villa side 1-0 and Chelsea recorded a 1-0 victory over a dogged Durham defence who frustrated the London side.
Juventus came back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Pink Bari 3-1 and remain a point clear at the top of the table from Fiorentina who beat Hellas Verona 2-0. Milan stayed in the race for a uwcl position with a 1-0 win over Florentia with a second half winner.
Results from the weekend below
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