Sara Däbritz and Felicia Schröder netted braces as Real Madrid battled to an eye-catching 5-3 victory over Real Sociedad. Elsewhere on Liga F match-day 5, Barcelona youngster Mayssa Baha created history in a 2-0 win over Logroño United.

Here, we will round up all of the recent Liga F action.

Real Madrid got off to the perfect start in their clash against Real Sociedad. Lineth Beerensteyn struck in the third minute to score her first goal since arriving from Wolfsburg. However, the Netherlands international soon saw her effort cancelled out by Cecilia Marcos.

With the contest level at the interval, Marcos showed great composure to grab her second within five minutes of the restart. The 24-year-old evaded Maëlle Lakrar with a clever first touch and calmly slotted it past Merle Frohms with her second. In an effort to find a response, Pau Quesada turned to his bench, introducing Däbritz and Schröder as part of a triple change. It proved to be a masterstroke as Däbritz turned the game in the visitors’ favour with a quick-fire brace. First, the midfielder tapped in from close range after following in a free-kick that struck the woodwork. Däbritz then placed a left-foot shot in at the near post after being set up by Schröder.

Despite sparking a turnaround, Real Madrid briefly thought they had let two points slip through their fingers when Paula Fernandez stroked home a retaken penalty, after replays showed that Frohms had crept off her line before saving the initial spot-kick. However, Schröder soon proved why Real Madrid recruited her during the summer window, scoring a late brace to fire her side to all three points. The Sweden international met a deep cross with a glancing header that evaded the unmoved goalkeeper, before Dabritz’s squared pass teed her up for a simple finish for her second goal.

The exciting contest at Lezama produced two goals inside the opening six minutes. Athletic Club’s Ane Azkona put her side ahead inside the first minute, only to see her effort quickly cancelled out by Fiamma’s strike from the edge of the box. The Atlético Madrid attacker controlled the loose ball as Athletic attempted to clear their lines from a corner and sent her controlled shot looping over everyone in the box before it dropped into the awaiting net. As the half moved past the 30-minute mark, Athletic put together a slick, incisive move for Sara Ortega to restore the narrow lead.

The opening 25 minutes of the second were dominated by red cards rather than goals. Atleti’s Luany received a second yellow for a rash challenge before Clara Pinedo picked up her second booking for a late tackle. Athletic quickly put that setback behind them to add to their advantage through substitute Ane Campos. Within 60 seconds of arrival on the pitch, the forward swept the ball in off the post after being teed up by Ortega’s cut-back.

Gabi Nunes reduced the deficit in the closing moments, but it proved to be too little too late for the visitors. While Atleti slumped to their third defeat of the season, Athletic celebrated their first head-to-head victory since April 2024.