BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Norwegian Ada Hegerberg fired Olympique Lyon to their fourth straight Women's Champions League title with a first-half hat-trick in a 4-1 win over Barcelona in Saturday's final at Budapest's Groupama Arena.
The French side, packed with some of the finest international talent in the women's game, proved far too strong for a Barcelona team playing in their first Champions League final.
Starting as underdogs, Barcelona knew they would have to deliver the performance of their lives to have a chance against Reynald Pedros's expensively-assembled team and they had an early opportunity but their Liverpool-born forward Toni Duggan dragged her shot wide of Sarah Bouhaddi’s right-hand post.
Barca were struggling to get any kind of foothold in the game and it was 3-0 in the 19th minute when Amel Majri's ball from the left was driven home first time by 2018 Ballon d'Or winner Hegerberg.
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