Barcelona routs Chelsea 4-0 to win WCL final for 1st time

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Barcelona stormed to its first Women’s Champions League title by scoring after just 32 seconds and outclassing Chelsea 4-0. Barcelona’s attackers sliced through Chelsea’s defense and did all of their scoring inside 36 minutes after beginning with an own-goal. Barça is the first team from Spain to win Europe’s premier club competition which had been dominated recently by seven-time champions Lyon. Barcelona’s scorers were Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati and Caroline Graham Hansen. Chelsea was under pressure immediately in its first final and went down 1-0 when a clearance ricocheted off midfielder Melanie Leupolz and over goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger into the net.