Barcelona needed extra-time to reach the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, with a 3-2 aggregate win over Sevilla coming just two days after ...
Barcelona needed extra-time to reach the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, with a 3-2 aggregate win over Sevilla coming just two days after a police raid on the club and the arrest of their former president.
Having trailed 2-0 from the first leg, Danish international Martin Braithwaite hit the crucial goal in the fifth minute of extra-time with a diving header off a Jordi Alba cross.
Gerard Pique had equalised in the fourth minute of stoppage time with virtually the last play of the game to save Barca. The veteran international headed in at the near post after a fine cross from Antoine Griezmann.
That was after Ousmane Dembele, who scored in the 2-0 win at Sevilla in La Liga at the weekend, had given the 30-time Spanish Cup winners a 12th-minute lead in the second leg with a right-foot drive from outside the area.
PIQUE SAVES BARCELONA 😱😱 pic.twitter.com/3ZDace0zaV
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 3, 2021
BRAITHWAITE GIVES BARCELONA THE LEAD AFTER PIQUE SAVES THEM IN THE FINAL SECONDS! 😱 pic.twitter.com/w10rjlGZjr
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) March 3, 2021
Sevilla could have killed the game off in the 73rd minute to deny Barca their place in the final for a 42nd time.
They were awarded a penalty when Lucas Ocampos was brought down by Oscar Mingueza. However,...
