International football
Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid faced all their weapons in the first leg of the Copa del Rey in Montjuic in a match that ended tied 4-4.
Marcos Llorente celebrates a goal from Atlético against Barcelona. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid signed the tables (4-4) in the first leg of the tie Semifinals of the Copa del Rey that was played at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium.
The clash began frantically with two goals from the mattress team in the first six minutes, the work of Julián Álvarez (1-0, min.1) and Antoine Griezmann (2-0, min.6), that Barcelona traced through mediation de Pedri (2-1, min.19), Pau Cubarsí (2-2, min.21) and Iñigo Martínez (3-2, min.41).
In the second half, the duel was opened and Atlétic ).
The rojiblanco team had not said the last word and Marcos Llorente, with a powerful shot (4-3, min.84), and Alexander Sorloth (4-4, min.90+3) matched the match in the final section of the match .
This result leaves everything matched for the second round that will be played on April 2, but this time at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.
The action in the Copa del Rey will continue on Wednesday, February 26 with the confrontation between Real Sociedad and Real Madrid that will be measured in the Reale Arena (Anoeta) at 2:30 p.m.
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The next Barcelona meeting in the season will be against Real Sociedad on Sunday, March 3 at 9:15 am.
Then, he will have to visit Lisbon to play the round of 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday, March 5 at 2 pm.