Claudia Pina has started the season in style. The FC Barcelona player has made her place in the starting XI thanks to hard work and good performances. Her level has caught the attention of Montse Tomé, who has called her back after two years out of the Spanish national team.
The new ’10’ of ‘La Roja’ is Claudia Pina in the absence of Jenni Hermoso. The Blaugrana striker arrives at this call-up with a lot of confidence and with the desire to return to being a regular for Spain. At 23, she looks like a real veteran, but she still has a lot of potential to exploit and many years of good football ahead of her.
Claudia Pina is back in Spain’s squad to face South Korea and France. ‘La Roja’ will face the Asian side on Friday 29th at the Cartagonova Stadium in Cartagena and the French on Tuesday 3rd December at the Allianz Riviera. Both matches are preparatory for the 2025 European Championship in Switzerland, a competition for which Spain have already qualified.
Claudia Pina’s maturity comes at a great time, as she seizes every opportunity to make her presence felt. She is a natural striker with a nose for goal, but her versatility means she can play in several positions. This season at Barça, she has been seen starting from the wing or even inside. The striker is a real nuisance for defences due to her electricity, her movement in the box and her ability to find the finishing touch to score.
In Champions League, she is leaving her name engraved on every pitch she steps on. In Liga F, more of the same. Against Real Madrid, he made it clear. Pere Romeu gave him the confidence to start on the left wing and he scored one of the goals in the win (0-4). He is very good at El Clásico and at appearing in big games.
His numbers this season are almost better than last season. And she has only just started. Claudia Pina has nine goals and three assists in 15 games for FC Barcelona. She is playing very freely and with a lot of confidence. In fact, the Catalan scored an acrobatic goal in the Champions League against St. Pölten, very similar to Johan Cruyff’s goal against Atleti in 1973. An acrobatic finish that is proof of the ease with which she can finish off any ball in the box.
In La Masia, Claudia Pina’s name has always been heard as one of the best future players on the Spanish scene. She joined La Masia in 2013 from Espanyol. She joined Barça’s first team in the 2018/2019 season at just 16 years of age, the youngest ever to do so. Her debut came on 14 January 2018 against Zaragoza CFF and the rest is history. Precisely, in 2018, she won the Golden Ball and the Silver Shoe at the U-17 World Cup that she won with Spain. A year to remember.
Her path in the Azulgrana first team has gone from less to more. She had to leave on loan in the 2021/2022 season to Sevilla in search of opportunities and returned much more mature. At Sevilla, he excelled as a midfielder with nine goals and eight assists in 34 games. Thanks to that season, she returned to Barça with more experience and made her debut with the senior Spanish national team in 2021.
Claudia Pina had not played for Spain for two years and was already knocking on the door of a call-up thanks to her good form. The Catalan took a stand with ‘The 15’ and after settling all the controversy, she was not called up again.
Now, after Montse Tomé’s call-up, Claudia Pina took advantage of her last game with Barça before the training camp to show that her level is not just a passing thing. She scored a goal from the edge of the area and was the MVP in the comeback against Costa Adeje Tenerife.
The future of Barça and the Spanish national team is assured thanks to players of Claudia Pina’s level. Will she manage to secure a place for the 2025 European Championship?
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