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It was more fun at FC Barcelona than it is now. On Sunday the newspaper had The world Willing readers published some details of Lionel Messi’s “colossal contract that ruined Barcelona”, on Wednesday night the Catalans tormented themselves in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals to win 5-3 after extra time at Granada CF .
It started well for the Catalans who, as always, had excess possession. In the 33rd minute it was suddenly 0: 1: Umtiti lost the ball in the penalty area, Soro passed Kenedy, who gave goalkeeper Ter Stegen no chance from close range. Shortly after, the Brazilian, on loan from Chelsea, was about to make it 2-0, but fired from 14 meters.
With the break, Kenedi’s working day over, two defenders came out onto the Granada field, causing some confusion in FC Barcelona: Griezmann lost the ball in the opponent’s penalty area, followed by a long ball to Soldado, who left to Umtiti and fired at it with a low right corner shot set at 2-0 (47). Trincao crashed into the crossbar in the 63rd minute, which was the Catalans’ best opportunity so far.
Then Griezmann saved Barcelona with a goal (88th) and an assist from Jordi Alba (92th). There the French returned to mark a blow and an assist. In the end it was 5: 3 for the favorite. Alba also had two goals. Superstar Lionel Messi, on the other hand, left empty-handed.
Frenkie de Jong scored the Catalans’ fifth goal. Barcelona kept their hopes of winning a national title alive. In the League, Messi and company are already ten points behind the leader Atlético de Madrid in one more game.
Instead, Villarreal were trapped in the Cup. Salzburg’s rivals in the Europa League round of 16 had to admit a 1-0 defeat to Levante in extra time. Roger Martí scored the decisive goal in the 121st minute. Besides Barcelona and Levante, Sevilla FC are in the semi-finals. Betis Sevilla and Athletic de Bilbao will fight for the fourth inning on Thursday.
