Atletico Madrid and Barcelona gave followers an thrilling match within the Copa del Rey semi-final, with eight objectives scored, eSporty studies. The sport began sturdy for Atletico, who took an early lead with objectives from Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann.
Barcelona, shaken by the quick objectives, shortly attacked Atletico’s defence and managed to take the lead 3-2 by halftime. After the break, Barcelona scored once more and appeared near profitable, however two late objectives from Atletico stored the tie alive forward of the second leg at their residence floor, Wanda Metropolitano.
Key moments of the match:
Atletico Madrid shocked the gang at Montjuic with a objective within the first minute. Griezmann crossed the ball to Clement Lenglet, who flicked it to the far submit, the place Alvarez scored. Alvarez then arrange Griezmann with a superb cross, and Griezmann completed calmly previous Barcelona’s goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny.
Barcelona shortly reacted. Pedri scored the equaliser within the nineteenth minute with a cool end after a cross from Jules Kounde. Simply two minutes later, Pau Cubarsí scored a header from a nook by Raphinha. Barcelona took the lead earlier than halftime when Inigo Martínez additionally scored a header from one other Raphinha nook.
The second half noticed Barcelona controlling the sport, however Atletico nonetheless seemed harmful on the counter-attack. Barcelona’s strain paid off when Lamine Yamal dribbled by way of Atletico’s defence and arrange Robert Lewandowski for a easy tap-in. Nevertheless, Atletico responded late, with Marcos Llorente scoring a objective to maintain issues fascinating.
In harm time, Alexander Sorloth scored a superb equaliser for Atletico, leaving the tie completely balanced for the return match.
