Barcelona are into the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey for the primary time because the 2020/21 marketing campaign courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Real Sociedad at Camp Nou.
Ousmane Dembele scored the one purpose of the sport early in the second half, with La Real lowered to 10 gamers previous to the interval when Brais Mendez was despatched off – the midfielder’s excessive problem on Sergio Busquets was initially punished with a yellow card till a VAR intervention upgraded it to purple.
Barcelona had been in management from the early phases and created possibilities even earlier than the purple card. Robert Lewandowski even had the ball in the web, solely to see an offside flag rule it out.
The recreation might have gone fairly in another way, although, had Takefusa Kubo’s strike in the thirtieth minute been couple of inches decrease.It was 0-0 on the time, but it surely struck the bar and the hazard was averted.
Dembele’s purpose was well-taken, fed by fellow countryman Jules Kounde down the correct flank, with the winger occurring to complete on the close to put up.
Barcelona did hit the bar in the second half, with Gavi hanging the woodwork. But, in the end, La Real may surprise how issues might have completed, with Alexander Sorloth lacking an excellent probability from only some yards out, whereas Martin Zubimendi was denied by a final gasp save from Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
GK: Ter Stegen (7); RB: Kounde (8), CB: Araujo (7), CB: Christensen (7), LB: Balde (7); CM: Pedri (6), CM: Busquets (8), CM: De Jong (7); RW: Dembele (9), ST: Lewandowski (7), LW: Gavi (7)
Substitutes
Kessie (6), Raphinha (6), Fati (N/A), Alonso (N/A)
GK: Remiro (6); RB: Elustondo (6), CB: Zubeldia (6), CB: Le Normand (6), LB: Rico (6); CM: Mendez (4), CM: Zubimendi (7), CM: Marin (6); AM: Kubo (6); ST: Oyarzabal (5), ST: Sorloth (5)
Substitutes
Barrenetxea (6), Munoz (6), Navarro (6), Olasagasti (6), Fernandez (N/A)