Copa del Rey: Barcelona reach the last-16
There were no surprises in a Copa del Rey game between Barbastro and Barcelona. One of the giants of European football easily dealt with the representative of the fourth division of Spain.
The statistics of the match fully reflects everything that happened on the pitch. Ball possession 25% - 75%, shots 2 - 19, shots on goal 1 - 9.
Eric Garcia opened the scoring in the 21st minute when he headed in a perfect pass from Ronald Araujo. Ten minutes later, the second goal came from Barbastro - after a cross from Pablo Torre, Robert Lewandowski headed the ball into the corner and it flew from the post into the goal.
At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona finally finished the opponent. First Lewandowski made a double, converting a one-on-one, and then Torre capitalised on a an error by the home team's goalkeeper.
2024-25, Spain - Copa del Rey
UD Barbastro - Barcelona 0:4 (0:2)
Goals: Garcia E., 21 (0:1); Lewandowski, 31 (0:2); Lewandowski, 47 (0:3); Torre P., 56 (0:4)
Barcelona: Szczesny; Araujo R.; Martinez In. (Cubarsí, 62); Kounde (Domínguez S., 62); Garcia E.; Martín; de Jong F.; Torre P. (Casino A., 81); Fermin; Pedri (Gavi, 46); Lewandowski (Fati An., 62)
Bench: Peña I.; Astralaga; Balde Al.; Casado M.
Yellow Cards: Lewandowski 51
