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Antoine Griezmann scored two goals and provided two assists as Barcelona starred in a last breath in Pomegranate in the Copa del Rey. Having lost 2-0 in the 88th minute, Barcelona notably forced extra time, where they won 5-3.
Goals from Kenedy and Roberto Soldado, yielded by Chelsea, had put Granada ahead, but Griezmann, who had yielded the ball in preparation for Soldado’s goal, put Barça back in contention in the 88th minute and then he placed Jordi Alba’s equalizer in injury time with a header that the defender signaled with his head.
The French striker gave Barcelona the lead 10 minutes into overtime and, while a Fede Vico penalty for Granada briefly restored parity, Frenkie de Jong put the visitors ahead at 108 before an impressive volley from Alba. , assisted by a Griezmann center. , secured the position of the culés in the quarterfinals of the cup.
“Football is unbelievable,” said Barcelona head coach Ronald Koeman after the eight-goal thriller. “We had a chance to win the game much earlier, but we put in a huge effort, at the end of the second half and in extra time, showing the mentality of a real team.”
There was a full list of matches in Ligue 1, with Little two points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 standings with a 3-0 win in the middle of the table Bordeaux, thanks to second-half goals from Yusuf Yazici, Timothy Weah and Jonathan David.
Lille rose to 51 points from 23 games, leading to second-placed Lyon by two points and PSG by three after his two main rivals also added three points.
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Lyon had Lucas Paquetá to thank in the 1-0 win over Dijon, who were in second place, while champions PSG achieved a 3-0 win at bottom Nîmes thanks to goals from Ángel Di María , Pablo Sarabia and Kylian Mbappé.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men did not have the suspended Neymar, but the Brazilian’s absence was barely felt in a one-sided match at the Parc des Princes, three days after PSG lost 3-2 at Lorient.
Marseilles continued a tumultuous week with a 2-2 draw in Lens, a day after coach André Villas-Boas was fired and four days after the fans stormed the club’s training center.
With quarry boss Nasser Larguet on the bench, Marseille went 2-0 with goals from Florian Thauvin and new signing Arkadiusz Milik, only for Lens promotion to the level thanks to Florian Sotoca and Facundo Medina. The result at least ended ninth-ranked Marseille’s three-game losing streak in the league, while Lens remained seventh with 35 points, two points ahead of them.
Monaco was fourth, with 45 points, after winning nice 2-1 at home thanks to a double from Wissam Ben Yedder.
Headlines of the Coppa Italia Naples held Atalanta drew 0-0 in the first leg of the semifinal in which David Ospina proved decisive with two important saves. The visitors produced the best chances in Naples, but could not get past the Colombian goalkeeper, who reacted strongly to block the dangerous efforts of Matteo Pessina and Luis Muriel on either side of the break.
The two teams will meet in the second leg in Bergamo on February 10 and Juventus or Inter Milan await in the final, with the Turin club in charge of that tie thanks to a 2-1 victory in the first leg. at San Siro on Tuesday.
