The quarter-final stage of the Copa del Rey continues at this time and after Sevilla were the first to secure their place in the semi-finals, Barcelona are hosted by Granada at Los Carmenas Stadium for an intriguing battle for another ticket to the last 4 stages.
The Catalans are in a positive period, after completing a fourth consecutive victory in all competitions with an important 1: 2 over Athletic Bilbao in the league, which raised them to second place in the table at the expense of arch-rival, Real Madrid.
Leo Messi and his friends do not want to stop here, and absorb a surprising relegation already in the quarterfinals, in order to take another step towards winning number 31 in the prestigious title (record) which they have not won in the last two years.
On the other hand, Diego Martinez’s team, which is recording a good season in the league and is still in battle for a place in Europe, is looking for a big surprise and also revenge, after in the league game between teams less than a month ago at the same stadium, the runner-up celebrated with a resounding 0: 4.
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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!
