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FC Barcelona reached the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. With much effort, the Catalans defeated local rival Cornella in extra time. Barça failed twice from the point.
In the end, the 2-0 meant FC Barcelona. Against the underdogs, Ousmane Dembele (92 °) and Martin Braithwaite (120 ° +1) scored the goals of the big favorites against Third Division Cornella.
Atlético de Madrid had already learned in the round of 16 that Cornella should not be underestimated. The sovereign leader of the First Division flew against Cornella.
At the beginning, Barça fought as much as the rojiblancos before, but had a great opportunity to take the lead through Miralem Pjanic. However, Miralem Pjanic failed because of Ramón Juan.
Ousmane Dembélé also had a chance from the point in the 80th minute. But not even the French could beat Juan. The 2018 world champion shot flat in the middle, Juan just stopped.
“I knew where Pjanic was going to shoot, with Dembélé it was intuition,” the goalkeeper said happily about the two feats. Surprisingly, the two saved penalties weren’t enough because Dembélé and Braithwaite scored in extra time.
The fact that the blaugrana have not closed the capture much earlier bothers Ronald Koeman. After the final whistle, the Barça coach complained: “It cannot be that Barça has missed two penalties. That is unacceptable.”
Barça had already weakened from the point in recent weeks and missed penalties (Antoine Griezmann and Martin Braithwaite).
