Antoine Griezmann, Score: 10
An amazing fighting game by the Frenchman that was directly involved in four goals. Cooked, lamb, was in the right place and at the right time. For this they brought him. His best game since signing for Barcelona by a margin
Samuel Omititi, Score: 4
Two mistakes by the shrinking French stopper went up to Barça in absorption. In the first goal he did not keep the ball away well, in the second he dreamed of keeping Soldado. Rightly replaced
Football has historically provided memorable dramas, ones we will remember for years, and tonight (Wednesday) may not be the Champions League final, but it can certainly be said that Barcelona provided a huge performance of a lot of character and war, in a game that could be a turning point this season. The Catalans trailed 2: 0 until the 88th minute, and came out with the ticket to the Copa del Rey semi-final with a simply crazy 3: 5 at the end of extra time against Granada.
So what did we have? Two goals that shocked the visitors after two errors by Samuel Omititi, a dramatic equalizer in extra time, a turnaround in overtime, another equalizer by Granada and simply stunning goals by Jordi Alba and Antoine Griezmann, which presented an exceptional sacrifice game worthy of all appreciation. The defender scored the first double of his career in Barcelona, who in the fourth overtime in less than a month (!) Came out on top after a crazy encounter in Sevilla.
In a season where winning the league seems like a difficult to almost impossible task, and knowing that Real Madrid and Atletico were eliminated and relegated, the king arrives early, Barcelona realized that the second most important title in Spain is a very important goal. In a heroic comeback to do it against an unbroken opponent until the last minute.
Less than a month ago the Catalans celebrated a one-sided 0: 4 on this very pitch, but this time something just did not work at first, when while the attack got into situations, the defense did not work and Ronald Koeman’s decision to prioritize Omititi over Clemente Langela turned out to be a big mistake. The brake was great in the previous game, but it was not stable and went up to his teammates in the game with two errors in both goals.
Barça are in a good period, at least in terms of results, and Ronald Koeman sent the heavy guns Messi and Griezmann to the squad, when throughout the game the guest controlled what was happening, lay on the opponent’s goal and reached no less than 36 situations towards the goal (20 of them per frame), the most A lot in any game at least from the 2013/14 season – have we already said that this evening was rare?
In football, you don’t always score when you get into a lot of situations, and the local goalkeeper and defense were very focused and miraculously managed to keep a clean sheet in the opening, when the mistake came on the other side – Omititi sent a ball away badly and allowed Alberto Soro to cook for Kennedy in the 33rd minute. Unlike quite a few games this season, Barça were not bad at all, they were intense and stressed, but the finishing leg was missing and Saga’s goal in the first half was due to a lot of bad luck.
At the beginning of the second half, the Catalans did not even start thinking about a comeback, and had already taken another blow, when a bad closure by Omititi from behind allowed Soldado to score the second in the 47th minute. The guest tried to come back, the disappointing Trinkau bombed the crossbar and Omtiti was replaced by Martin Braithwaite, but it just was not Blaugrana’s day – until the 88th minute.
Messi found Griezmann in an ingenious long delivery, the Frenchman made an own goal of the excellent Escandal. Just before the final whistle, the Frenchman arranged for Jordi Alba the dramatic equalizer in a wonderful move and Barça’s war paid off for her with equality and extra time. In the 100th minute, Griezmann, who recorded an amazing game, turned in a shot from Alba’s cooking, but the Andalusians did not break and equalized an accurate Pada penalty just 3 minutes later.
is over? Not if you ask Frankie de Jong. The fiery Dutchman scored his fifth goal in the 108th minute in 2021 after a rebound from the ball that the goalkeeper stopped for Messi, who himself made a brilliant performance and was involved in goals, even if not directly. At this point Granada was mentally broken and Jordi Alba closed out an interest in an incredible volley in the 113th minute, after an equally handsome cooking by Griezmann. Barça are expecting another game in Sevilla, when they host Betis on Sunday at 22:00 with a lot of wind from this comeback, but also with quite a bit of fatigue.
33 ‘: Granada 1-0 Barcelona
47 ‘: Granada 2-0 Barca
88 ‘: Granada 2-1 Barca
90 + 2 ‘: Granada 2-2 Barca
100 ‘: Granada 2-3 Barca
103 ‘: Granada 3-3 Barca
108 ‘: Granada 3-4 Barca
113 ‘: Granada 3-5 Barca
FT: Barcelona through to the Copa del Rey semi-final
Comeback completepic.twitter.com/OSZ6ZrOUTP– B / R Football (@brfootball) February 3, 2021
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‘120 + 2
- The referee whistled for the end! 3: 5 Just crazy for Barcelona over Granada on the way to the Cup semi-final
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‘113
- Gate! Barcelona went up to a crazy 3: 5: Messi was stopped by the defense but the ball returned to Barça, Griezmann ingeniously raised to Elba who continued with an amazing volley to the net and closed interest
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‘108
- Gate! Barcelona went up to 3: 4: What a crazy game. Messi kicked a bomb from the extension screen, Escandal stopped it, but not well enough, and Frankie de Jong stormed on the rebound and scored
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‘106
- Clemente Langela replaces Pedri in Barcelona
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‘104
- Jordi Alba saw the yellow card
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‘103
- Gate! Granada equalized to 3: 3: What a crazy game. Dest tripped in the box and the referee pointed to the penalty spot, Pada went to kick and subdued Ter Stegen easily
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‘100
- Gate! Barcelona went up to 2: 3: a huge turnaround for the Catalans. Jordi Alba raised wonderfully for Antoine Griezmann, the Frenchman hit the net and ran to celebrate
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’95
- A great action by Messi that penetrated deep, but the angle was too hard and Escandal stopped the flea bomb from an extension
Half a second
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’90 +5
- The referee whistled for the end! The decision was extended after 2: 2 in 90 minutes
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’90 +2
- Gate! Barcelona equalized to 2: 2: what a fighting spirit of Barça. Griezmann cooked for Jordi Alba who slammed it in close
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’90
- Another Barça miss: Messi kicked from an extension, but his bomb went to stand and out. Just unbelievable
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’88
- Gate! Barcelona shrank to 2: 1: a dramatic goal by the Catalans. Messi raised to Griezmann who stretched and got to it from a difficult angle, the Frenchman’s ball hit the crossbar and from there to Escandal, who put it into his goal
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’87
- Another Barcelona jamb! Osman Dembele bombed the pillar. What misfortune
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’81
- Wow! Griezmann tried to score and kicked a huge number, but Escandal frustrated him and hit the corner at the last minute.
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’80
- Antonio Portas went down to the Granada bench, Jesus and Eicho came up in his place
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’77
- Darwin Machis saw the yellow card
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’76
- Another replacement at Barça: Ricky Pouch came in, Sergio Busquets went down to the bench
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’66
- Spare also in Granada: Soldado went down to the bench, Luis Suarez took his place
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’63
- Koeman gambled: Omititi went down to the bench, Martin Braithwaite came in to attack
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’63
- Substitution at will: Osman Dembele replaces Trinkau
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’62
- Wow! Trinkau bombed with his right foot, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the box
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’61
- Good situation for Barcelona: Messi kicked hard from an extension, but Escandel jumped well and headed to the corner
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’59
- Another spare in Granada: Alberto Soro went down, Pada Vico went up in his place
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’57
- Sergi Roberto could not continue, Serginio Dest came on in his place
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’47
- Gate! Granada went up to 0: 2: the Catalans in shock. Griezmann lost on the host’s pitch, Montero sent Roberto Soldado on a long ball, Samuel Omititi dreamed and the veteran Spaniard galloped towards the goal and subdued Ter Stegen with a good, flat one-on-one finish.
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’46
- Spare also in the offensive part of the host: Kennedy went down to the bench, Darwin Machis came up in his place
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’46
- Spare in Granada: Dimitri Polakia replaces Victor Diaz
first half
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’33
- Gate! Granada went up to 0: 1: in stark contrast to the course of the game and at the first opportunity of the Andalusians, they also won. A common mistake by Sergio Busquets and Samuel Omititi, the French stopper did not take a good ball away and the guest’s attack could be snatched, Kennedy received a pass from Alberto Soro and pushed in from the box of five
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’30
- Messi again raised to Arauho, this time with a free kick, but again the brake hit went just near the crossbar
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’29
- Jan Atki sent an elbow to Messi’s face and saw a justified yellow
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’28
- Messi raised the ball to the right from Arauho, the Uruguayan striker hit and the ball bounced on the grass, but the goalkeeper stopped
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’25
- Messi saw the yellow card
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’23
- Leo Messi kicked a free kick near the 16-meter line, but was stopped by the goalkeeper who jumped for connections. Barcelona continued to approach the goal
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’20
- Dangerous first situation of the host: Antonio Purtas hit after the level that came to him from the left wing, but the ball passed only near the frame of Marc-Andre Ter Stegen
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‘8
- Another big miss by Barça: Messi galloped towards the goal and released a strong, flat kick from a hard angle, the goalkeeper stopped it and Trinkau reached the return ball, but Escandel also stopped it for the corner. A tremendous opening for Barcelona
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‘4
- Another great opportunity for the Catalans: again Trinkau on the standard of the creator, this time the Portuguese raised from a distance to the field and Ronald Araujo reached it and kicked towards the goal, but Arun Escandal went down well and stopped at the last minute
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‘2
- First and dangerous opportunity for Barcelona: Trinkau put in a sophisticated depth delivery to Antoine Griezmann, the Frenchman kicked but was blocked from close range by the goalkeeper
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‘1
- The referee set the game in motion!
