Tezar her Barcelona in “San Mames” and left for the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup Athletic Bilbao!
Ernesto Valverde’s side celebrated a great qualification against the Blaugrana on Wednesday night, winning by a score 4-2 in overtime (2-2 a.c.) forcing the Catalans to concede their second goal of the season in just one week, following their Super Cup loss to Real Madrid!
Great protagonists for the winners were williams brothers, with Inaki making it 3-2 in stoppage time of the first half of extra time and Nikos shaping the final score at 120+1′!
The match started with the best conditions for the home team, as before even a minute of action was completed, o Gurusheta opened the scoring after errors in the Catalan defense and successive counterattacks in the area.
Nevertheless, Barca equalized in the 26th minute when a defender clearance resulted in Lewandowski who… unwittingly equalized! Six minutes later, the visitors turned the tables completely, with a superb effort and a flawless finish from Yamal.
The second half, however, started like the first, with Bilbao doing it 2-2 with his close head Sunset (49′).
The tempo remained high, with Barcelona missing two unlikely chances with him Yamalwho in equal number of fours in the 65′ and 86′ failed to make it 3-2.
Somehow, the match went to extra time, where the Basques took the lead with the Iniaki Williams to the delays of the first part. The 30-year-old forward sent the ball to the post in a four-four, however he took the… rebound and scored the 3-2 (105+2′).
And while Barcelona pushed for the goal that would send the match into extra time, Athletic Bilbao struck again in stoppage time with Nico Williams scoring at 120+1′celebrated a great qualification!
Source: Sport Fm
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