Champions League finalists’ captain has a deep connection with the club she joined at 14: ‘I realised how important we can be and the massive impact we can have in society’
Vicky Losada lives and breathes Barcelona and stands one game away from winning the biggest prize with her childhood club when they play Chelsea in the Champions League final on Sunday. Losada joined Barcelona at 14 and started in the first division two years later, her 14 years at the club punctured by spells at Espanyol, Western New York Flash and Arsenal. She could “talk for hours, days” about the changes she has seen at the club but the key is constant improvement. “We haven’t lost a year; we haven’t made that step back ever. I think that’s very important.”
This season everything has clicked, Barcelona have the balance of new players and academy products and are playing a style of football synonymous with the club. They clinched the league title last Sunday with five games to spare: Played 26, won 26, scored 128 goals, conceded five.
