Barcelona Femeni beaten by Madrid CFF in first Liga loss since 2021 as record run ends

By Ben Hayward
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Barcelona's women are already champions, but were unable to match last season's invincible season after defeat in the capital

Barcelona Femeni's Alexia Putellas reacts during defeat to Madrid CFF in Spain's Liga F in May 2023.
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Barcelona Femeni saw their record 64-match unbeaten run ended with defeat to Madrid CFF in the capital on Sunday – their first Liga loss in almost two years.

With the Liga F title sewn up at the end of April, Barcelona's women looked set to repeat last season's feat of winning every single match in the competition.

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Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.