Celebrate Mayra Ramírez, celebrate Colombia! The forward became champion of the Barclays Women’s Super League with Chelsea after beating Manchester United 0-5 on the last day of the league. With the victory, Emma Hayes’ team reached 55 points – the same as Manchester City – but won the championship due to goal difference: Chelsea reached +53 and City was left with +46.
The forward had been off the field for about a month due to a muscle injury, which left her out of the Champions League semi-final match, but her return was in style. Emma Hayes repeated the 4-4-2 from the previous match against Tottenham but with three modifications, all on the right sector, Jess Carter instead of Ashley Lawrence, Johanna Rytting for Maika Hamano and Mayra Ramírez in the position of Agnes Beever-Jones.
The Colombian was the starter and She was the best player of the match, participating in four of the six goals the team scored. He had a fantastic first half, scoring twice and assisting on two more, so that Chelsea left with a large lead at half-time and the title ever closer.
Mayra Ramírez’s luxury night
Old Trafford witnessed the great performance of the Colombian who, two minutes into the match, opened the scoring and the window for her team to score and win the title. After a play on the left sector and a perfect assist from Guro Reiten, the forward entered the area alone, She gained position over the United defender and rose a couple of meters to score a great goal with a header.
As if opening the scoring so early wasn’t enough, six minutes later, assisted Johanna Rytting Kaneryd to increase her team’s lead. In a collective play that began on her own turf, Mayra dressed as an assistant with a precise and perfect pass to the feet of the Swede, who only had to finish it into the Mary Earps goal. Before the end of the first half, Chelsea scored two goals in three minutes, Sjoeke Nüsken, who had just come on due to Catarina Macáiro’s injury, scored the third assisted by the Colombian.
At replacement time Mayra signed her double with a waste of talent and taking advantage of her physical condition. The Swede who had scored the third, this time assisted the Colombian who knew how to elude two defenders to send the ball to the back of the net with a powerful shot with her right foot from the side of the goal. It was not the night of the United goalkeeper who finally said goodbye with six goals against.
Just beginning the second half Melanie Leupolz put the fifth and At minute 57 of the match, Mayra Ramírez left the field to applause. of the fans – of both teams – who came to Old Trafford to see how Emma Hayes’ Chelsea was crowned, once again, champion of the Barclays Women’s Super League.
When it was thought that everything would end in a Chelsea handFrank Kirby scored the sixth to put the final blow of a commitment that was decided in the first half thanks to a spectacular performance by the Colombian.
So, Chelsea is the league champion for the eighth time, fifth in a row, this being the first title at club level for Mayra Ramírez, who arrived as reinforcement in January to occupy the position of Sam Kerr, who had an ACL injury and today, almost four months later, can shout Champion!
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