Caroline Graham Hansen was thrilled to prove Barcelona's doubters wrong after they won the Women's Champions League for a fourth time on Saturday. 

Barcelona comfortably defeated eight-time winners Lyon 4-0 at Ullevaal Stadion, with Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo both scoring twice to seal an impressive triumph. 

The Blaugrana became the first team in the competition's history to reach the final in six consecutive seasons, but the wounds remained from their defeat 12 months ago. 

Arsenal claimed their second Champions League crown with a 1-0 victory in Lisbon, but Barcelona ensured they would not become just the second team to finish as runners-up in back-to-back editions as they finished their campaign with four major trophies.

Hansen was a part of the team that were beaten by the Gunners last season, and she believed the manner of Barcelona's display further proved their strong mentality as a group.

"Last season, we lost the final, but we kept the hunger and have gone step by step, even when everyone doubted us," Hansen said. 

"It was close and OL Lyonnes had the initiative in the first half. Then we scored and kept control of the game, then we scored again, then they went for it, and we got two more.

"Maybe the result [is not an entirely fair reflection], but overall we deserved it."

The final also took place in Hansen's hometown of Oslo, which was the first time the showpiece match had been in Scandinavia in five years, when Barcelona beat Chelsea. 

And though she did not get herself on the scoresheet, Hansen is hoping that her involvement in Barcelona's success can help inspire the next generation of players from Norway. 

"It's amazing. It's extra special to win at my home ground – I grew up here and know every millimetre of this grass," she added. "I can't wait to take the team out to party tonight. 

"It was an impossible dream because, growing up, I didn't see any women players doing this.

"I hope that now there are a lot of boys and girls from Norway wanting to do what we've done. That's my biggest hope."

But the day belonged to Pajor, who finished as this season's top scorer in the Champions League with 11 goals. 

She also became the first player to net in both legs of the quarter-finals, both legs of the semi-finals and in the final in the same edition since the reformatting of the competition to a one-legged final in 2009-10.

Pajor is the first player to score 10+ non-penalty goals in a single season since Wolfsburg's Tabea Sellner in 2021-22, while Barcelona are the first team to beat Lyon twice in the competition's final (also in 2024).

"I'm grateful. This is amazing, the best day of my life. I've played in six finals and finally, in Oslo, we did it," Pajor said. "I am very proud and very thankful.

"From the start to the end, it was a hard game, but we did so, so well. We fought for the win and that's what this team does every day, fight to be the best team in the world."