For a Actual Madrid participant, there are few larger accomplishments than scoring towards Barcelona in an El Clasico showdown.
However if you rating twice, with these objectives happening to make modern-day historical past, then the achievement goes as much as the following stage.
And that’s simply what Actual Madrid ahead Caroline Weir did on Sunday, because the Scotland worldwide’s late brace sealed a 3-1 victory over Barcelona Femeni on the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium.
Caroline Weir’s history-making brace
Weir returned from a severe ACL damage this season (Picture credit score: Ian MacNicol/Getty Photographs)
Madrid’s win implies that Barca’s hole on the prime of Liga F has now been reduce to 4 factors and ended a 10-match profitable streak, however that solely tells a part of the story relating to how momentous Weir’s match-winning brace was.
Weir’s objectives got here within the 87th minute after which in stoppage time, with the victory happening to be Madrid’s first towards Barcelona in all competitions, snapping an 18-game dropping streak towards their bitter rivals.
Weir throughout his time at Manchester Metropolis (Picture credit score: John Walton)
It additionally marked the primary time Barca have misplaced by two or extra objectives at dwelling since September 2012 when Rayo Vallecano claimed a 2-0 win, as Madrid’s desires of snapping Barca’s five-year reign as Liga F champions stay alive.
And for Weir, the dramatic late brace is one other achievement ticked off throughout a season through which she has received her profession again on monitor following an anterior cruciate ligament damage that noticed her miss virtually all the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
Weir – ranked at no.35 in FourFourTwo’s record of the very best gamers on the planet final yr – signed for Actual on a free switch in July 2022 to turn into the primary Scot to function within the Spanish prime flight, after her Manchester Metropolis deal expired. Her four-year stint at Metropolis noticed her win two League Cups and one FA Cup, whereas she additionally earned FIFA Puskas Award nominations in each 2020 and 2021.
The 29-year-old has earned greater than 100 caps for Scotland and started her profession with Hibernian earlier than shifting to Arsenal as an 18-year-old. Spells at Bristol Academy and Liverpool adopted earlier than her transfer to Metropolis, together with her full worldwide debut coming in 2013.
Weir has 102 Scotland caps (Picture credit score: Ross Parker/SNS Group by way of Getty Photographs)
Weir shall be pushing to be concerned when Scotland tackle Germany dwelling and away of their Nations League double-header subsequent month as she appears to hold on her goalscoring exploits on the worldwide stage.
She may even hope that her match-winning flip towards Barcelona will mark the turning of the tide in Liga F and that this historic victory will usher in a brand new period for her membership facet.
