After a reversal: Barcelona advanced to the quarter-finals of the Cup

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While in the league its position is far from promising (10 points away from Atletico Madrid, it lacks a game), in the Spanish King’s Cup Barcelona is the clear favorite to win, this after Atletico and Real Madrid parted ways with the factory surprisingly early. Tonight (Wednesday), she continued her journey towards the master’s degree in his importance when she defeated Rayo Vallecano 1: 2 away in the sub-league on the way to the quarterfinals. However, it was not that simple.

Similar to its two sworn rivals from the Spanish capital, who as mentioned were expelled from the factory, Barcelona ran into difficulties against the inferior rival from the suburbs of Madrid, and in the 63rd minute Fran Garcia put the Catalans behind; Unlike Atletico and Mariel – Ronald Koeman’s team knew how to avoid an embarrassing dismissal. Leo Messi equalized in the 69th minute and was the architect on the way to Frankie de Jong’s winning goal, 10 minutes before the end.

The truth is, the narrow end result does not do much justice with Barcelona. Yes, the Spanish runner-up is no longer the same threatening team as before, but in the face of his humble vision she certainly showed significant superiority, reached countless situations and deserved to qualify for the quarter-finals in a slightly more comfortable way. Messi returned to the squad after two away games due to the suspension and Barça’s attack flowed well. Among others, De Jong, Ricky Putch and Messi were stopped at the gate. On the other hand, Rayo’s rare attack led to a stunning lead. In the end, the goals of the Flea and the Dutch midfielder, who set up a makeover, did justice to this game.

Barcelona, ​​it will be recalled, are the champions of winning the Spanish King’s Cup with 30 such titles in the closet. The latter was achieved in the 2017/18 season, so she completed four consecutive wins. The relegation to the quarter-finals was a huge sensation not only because Raiu is playing in the sub-league, but also because he has to go back to 2002 to find the last time the small team defeated the empire from Catalonia.

The composition of Barcelona: Net; Ronald Araujo, Oscar Mingsa, Calmon Langela, Jr. Pirpo (Jordi Alba / 68); Sergio Busquets, Frankie de Jong, Ricky Pouch (Osman Dembele / 68); Antoine Griezmann (Martin Breitweit / 85), Trinkau (Pedry / 68), Leo Messi.


the progress of the game
Barcelona, ​​as expected, controlled what was happening from the first moment. In the eighth minute she demanded a penalty kick from 11 yards after a foul doubt on Trinkau, but the referee was not impressed and ordered to continue. In the 20th minute, Barça almost took the lead: Junior Firpo passed a width to the center of the extension, Frankie de Jong slid into the ball – and stuck it in the crossbar. A minute later Messi tried his strength with a kick from 20 meters – and found the goalkeeper ready.

In the 35th minute, Barcelona came very close to the goal, and was perhaps also unlucky. Trinkau penetrated the field from the right and kicked a good ball to the left, which was stopped by the goalkeeper; Ricky Pouch kicked the rebound and kicked a ball that subdued the goalkeeper, but before hitting the net he hit a defensive player, bounced to the crossbar and went to the corner.

Even in the opening of the second half, the goal frame came to the aid of Rayo. Messi spun a great free-kick, which subdued the goalkeeper, but hit the crossbar and went out. After all the misses, in the 63rd minute Barça were punished: Rayo went on a rare attack, Alvaro Garcia substituted a space to the field from the right and moved to the center, Neto failed to fend off well and Fran Garcia pushed from a meter into the exposed net. Amazing 0: 1 to the host. In the 65th minute Messi provided an excellent depth ball to De Jong and the Dutchman continued to net, but the goal was disqualified due to a dissent.

In the 69th minute, the equalizer came. Griezmann remained free and happy inside the extension after a deep ball. The Frenchman could have scored on his own, but fired a wide ball towards Leo Messi and the latter rolled lightly into the exposed net to set up 1: 1. 10 minutes before the end the makeover is complete. Messi sent a typical ball towards Alba, the left defender continued to the center of the extension and de Jong was there to push close to the net. 1: 2 to Barcelona.

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