International football
In a closed match at the Metropolitan Stadium, Barcelona defeated Atlético and the title of the Copa del Rey will be played in a classic against Real Madrid.
Ferran Torres after scoring Barcelona’s goal over Atlético de Madrid. (Free Press Photo: AFP)
A lonely goal by Ferran Torres in the 27th minute was enough for Barcelona to impose on Atlétic Copa del Rey from Spain.
The Spanish player Ferran unlock the game when he received on the right an in -depth pass from Lamine Yamal and beat the Argentine Juan Musso with a satin and crossed shot and in which the Atlético keeper was slow at the exit.
The result earned Barcelona to advance to the final, After a day of the first leg. Hansi Flick’s team proved to be superior in the first part, but Atlético demonstrated Gallardía and had options to tie in the second half.
The result classifies Barcelona for the final, which will play against Real Madrid in Seville next April 26. In the first leg, the result was four, so Barcelona is classified with the global 5-4.
Real Madrid for its part won as a marker identical to the Royal Society (5-4) of having played extra times at the Santiago Bernabéu a day before.
Eighth final between Barcelona and Real Madrid
Real Madrid and Barcelona, who have eliminated Real Sociedad and Atlético de Madrid in the semifinals, respectively, will face the final of the Copa del Rey for the eighth time in the history of the tournament.
The balance is slightly favorable to the Madrid team, which has won the title four times against the Barcelona team. This will be the first time that the classic will define the crown in the Cartuja, after having measured four occasions in Valencia and one in the Santiago Bernabéu, Vicente Calderón and La Romareda.
The last two finals between both teams have been played in Mestalla with Victoria for Real Madrid. In 2011, Cristiano Ronaldo in the extension sealed the 1-0 with which Jose Mourinho’s picture It was imposed that of Pep Guardiola, and in 2014 the Galician of the Welshman Gareth Bale defined the contest in favor of the block that the Italian Carlo Ancelotti already directed after Marc Bartra had matched the both early of Argentine Ángel Di María.