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Barcelona mounted a remarkable second half comeback to come from 2-0 down to beat Wolfsburg 3-2 in the women’s Champions League final.
The Catalans trailed by two goals at the break after strikes from Ewa Pajor and Alexandra Popp but Patricia Guijarro’s brace and a Fridonlina Rolfo strike earned them a third European trophy.
Barca were defeated by Lyon in last year’s final but were heavy favourites against a Wolfsburg side who lost the German league title to Bayern Munich and only narrowly beat an injury-hit Arsenal team in the semi-finals.
For 45 minutes the shock was on and a Wolfsburg victory would have been bad news for Chelsea, who would have dropped into the second round of qualifying for next year’s competition due to England’s coefficient ranking.
But a Barca victory guaranteed their place in the group stage and the Catalans’ domination of possession finally paid dividends after half-time.
Barcelona won the Champions League final on Saturday evening (Barca celebrating above)
The German giants will be disappointed considering they went 2-0 in the first half
Ewa Pajor opened the scoring for Wolfsburg after just three minutes - shocking Barcelona
Lionesses’ stars Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh both started for Barca, with the former becoming the first Englishwoman to win the Champions League with two different clubs, having
