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When FC Barcelona had just started their dominant game, Lea Schüller made it 3-0
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On matchday 4 of the Champions League, the women of FC Bayern Munich beat FC Barcelona 3-1 (2-0).
They got off to a dream start against the Catalans and were already 2-0 up after ten minutes.
The Munich women pushed straight away from the kick-off.
After a cross from Sydney Lohmann from the baseline, Klara Bühl pushed in from eight yards (4').
A little later, Lina Magull scored from the edge of the box at full speed after great preparatory work by Lea Schüller (10').
Barcelona, top of Group D with nine points from three games and 16-1 goals, struggled with Bayern's intensity and initially failed to find their dominant game.
Only towards the end of the first half did they constrict the Munich team in front of their goal.
The game took place in front of a record crowd of more than 20,000 fans in the Allianz Arena.
The previous club record for the Bayern women's soccer team was 13,000 spectators in the Champions League first leg against PSG in March.
Without their injured world champion Alexia Putellas, the Catalans took control of the game in the second half.
Bayern goalkeeper Maria Grohs was able to parry a ball from Aitana Bonmati that was curled high in the direction of Winkel (47th).
The goal was in the air in this pressure phase of Barcelona.
The German runner-up, who had been shown the limits in the 0-3 in the first leg two weeks ago at the Camp Nou, defended passionately and put the lid on it through national striker Lea Schüller after a cross from Lina Magull 60.).
Because Grohs made a blunder and lost the ball in the penalty area, Geyse was able to plug it in (65').
The Catalans then threw everything forward, but the Bavarian defense held up.
With the victory, the Bavarians drew level with the Spaniards in the table with nine points after four games.
Alexander Straus' team continues on Thursday at FC Rosengard, bottom of the table.
At the end of the group phase, the Munich team will host Benfica Lisbon on December 21st.
The Portuguese are currently three points behind Bayern in third place.
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