Match Thread: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona | Copa del Rey
Real Madrid 0 - 1 Barcelona
Barcelona scorers: Éder Militão OG (26')
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain
Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thibaut Courtois | Andriy Lunin | ||
| Nacho | 55' 66' | Luis López | |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Lucas Vázquez | ||
| Éder Militão | 26' | Jesús Vallejo | |
| Dani Carvajal | Álvaro Odriozola | ||
| Toni Kroos | 74' | Dani Ceballos | |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Aurélien Tchouaméni | 74' | |
| Luka Modrić | 84' | Eden Hazard | |
| Vinícius Júnior | 24' | Rodrygo | 66' |
| Karim Benzema | Álvaro Rodríguez | 84' | |
| Federico Valverde | 73' | Marco Asensio | |
| Mariano Díaz |
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti (Italy)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-André ter Stegen | Arnau Tenas | ||
| Alejandro Balde | Iñaki Peña | ||
| Marcos Alonso | Andreas Christensen | ||
| Jules Koundé | Jordi Alba | ||
| Ronald Araújo | Eric García | ||
| Frenkie de Jong | Sergi Roberto | 85' | |
| Sergio Busquets | Pablo Torre | ||
| Franck Kessié | 67' 85' | Ansu Fati | 69' |
| Gavi | 51' | Estanis Pedrola | |
| Ferran Torres | Ángel Alarcón | ||
| Raphinha | 45' 69' |
1': We're off!
1': Early chance for Modrić! Into the side netting.
7': Vinicius fires wide from a tight angle.
12': Benzema steers in the shot from wide!! Beautiful finish! But it won't count, he's far offside.
24': Vinícius Júnior gets a card for wrestling de Jong to the ground, he says he was fouled first and he's very angry
26': GOAL BARCELONA!! Franck Kessié gets the ball from Torres after a bad pass from Camavinga! Courtois blocks the shot but it bounces off of Éder Militão for an own goal! But Kessié's been whistled for offside. Was he? Raphinha was definitely offside on the far side but he wasn't involved. VAR overturns!
34': Modrić tries to chip the keeper, misses wide.
41': Carvajal gets a long pass over the top from Kroos, he volleys it and mishits it badly into the stands
43': Valverde's shot caught by ter Stegen.
45': Raphinha pulls down Vinícius
HT Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona Barcelona bundles the ball over the line and has a surprising lead at the half
46': We're back!
51': Gavi gets in a shoving match with Vinícius. Barcelona arguing that Vinícius deserves a card too
52': Camavinga fires into the stands.
55': Nacho pulls down Raphinha for no reason
58': Ter Stegen has to swat away a cross that might have been creeping into the far side.
66': Real Madrid substitution: Rodrygo on for Nacho
67': Franck Kessié into the book for a hand in Carvajal's face
69': Barcelona substitution: Ansu Fati on for Raphinha
70': Gavi's header goes well wide.
72': Kessié with a big chance! But it deflects wide off of Fati who can't get out of the way!
73': Federico Valverde carded for pushing down de Jong
74': Real Madrid substitution: Aurélien Tchouaméni on for Toni Kroos
84': Real Madrid substitution: Álvaro Rodríguez on for Luka Modrić
85': Barcelona substitution: Sergi Roberto on for Franck Kessié
90': Rodrygo fires just wide! That was probably the chance.
90+1': Xavi into the book for cursing the ref
90+6': One last gasp from Real Madrid, Álvaro's shot goes wide, ref gives a corner
FT Real Madrid 0-1 Barcelona Wow, what happened here? Barcelona win with a crap own goal against Real Madrid who just never made anything happen