Graham Hansen and Ewa Pajor take charge against Paris FC

Against Paris FC, Graham Hansen and Ewa Pajor took charge for Barcelona. With the departures of Alexia Putellas and Mapi León still recent, their performance showed that Barcelona’s reinvention could still rely on leaders. At the Johan Cruyff, Graham celebrated the 4-1 against Paris FC. The Norwegian recorded two assists and a goal, while Pajor scored a brace.

Graham once again displayed her attacking influence and the quality of her long-range shooting. In the assessment of her profile, she is presented as one of Pere Romeu’s most essential players, despite some more intermittent spells, because of her ability to unsettle opponents, her pace, chance creation and influence in attacking play. Last season, she played 36 matches, scoring 16 goals and providing 15 assists. In her history with the club, the Norwegian took part in the four Champions League titles won in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2026, and she extended her contract until 2028 in July 2026. She is also described as one of the figures of Barcelona’s dominance in European women’s football.

Pajor, for her part, opened the Champions League edition in question with two goals combining opportunism and quality. Presented as a penalty-box striker who consistently delivers, the Pole is regarded as a guarantee of attacking resources for Barcelona. The view put forward is that the team has goals in abundance, a reality the coach knows well, while Pajor intends to again be among Europe’s leading protagonists.

In the previous Champions League, Pajor finished as the competition’s top scorer with 11 goals, having been decisive in the knockout matches and especially in the final. During that campaign, she first scored a brace against Bayern Munich before finding the net against Chelsea and Benfica in the league phase. In the quarter-finals, she scored three goals across the tie against Real Madrid. In the semi-finals, she added two goals against Bayern before delivering a memorable performance in the final against OL Lyonnes. In a previous match in Oslo, Pajor scored two of Barcelona’s four goals in a 4-0 win and set up the fourth, scored by Salma Paralluelo.