BARCELONA, Spain -- What was supposed to be a heavyweight contest between the champions of Spain and Germany at the Estadi Johan Cruyff on Tuesday quickly descended into a battering as Barcelona thumped Bayern Munich 7-1 to lay down an early marker in the UEFA Women's Champions League .

It took just four minutes for Alexia Putellas to score a brilliant opener, and it was mostly downhill from there for Bayern. Ewa Pajor and Clàudia Pina helped themselves to braces, with Esmee Brugts and Salma Paralluelo also on target as Barça began to make amends for last season's final defeat to Arsenal .

Bayern did briefly look to make a game of it in the first half. Klara Bühl got them back into the match at 3-1. Lea Schüller also had a goal ruled out after the break which woul

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