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Copa del Rey: Barça through, Real Madrid knocked out
November 11th, 2009Last night’s 5-0 defeat of Cultural Leonesa was in stark contrast with Real Madrid, who were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by lowly Alcorcon; despite beating Alcorcon 1-0 at the Bernabeu, Madrid lost 4-1 on aggregate and were jeered by their own fans.
Barça on the other hand went through with flying colours in the cold that has descended on Barcelona. In retrospect the first half seems like it was merely a warm up, with all five of Barcelona’s goals being scored in the second 45 minutes.
1-0 Bojan (min 50)
2-0 Bojan (min 54)
3-0 Pedro(min 62)
4-0 Messi (min 64)
5-0 Xavi (min 74)
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Pedro scores 2 for Barça
October 29th, 2009Pedro was the star of the squad last night as FC Barcelona beat Cultural Leonesa in an away match for the Copa del Rey.
Pep Guardiola was fielding a squad with 6 regulars resting and Pinto in place of Valdes – with a close to full strength team, things went very wrong for Real Madrid on Tuesday night when they were thrashed 4-0 by lightweight Alcorcon, so this could have been a risky strategy and the Copa del Rey often springs surprises.
The return match will be on November 10-12 (to be confirmed) and the winner will play either Real Madrid or Alcorcon. Tickets for Barcelona v Cultural Leonesa are now available.
0-1 Pedro (min 40)
0-2 Pedro (min 52)
One down – two to go
May 14th, 2009Last night saw FC Barcelona pitched against Athletic Club de Bilbao in the Copa del Rey – the King’s Cup – played in Valencia between the two teams that have won the trophy more times than anyone else.
Played in front of King Juan Carlos, this match was always going to be interesting as the teams represent “the other Spain” in the form of Catalonia and The Basque Country, nations that have their own culture, traditions and languages of which they are fiercely proud – when the Spanish National anthem was played before the match, it was to the accompaniment of whistling and booing.
Barça were the clear favourites, with Athletic having little real hope of taking the trophy. However, the match was extremely good natured from both players and spectators, with everyone there to enjoy themselves.
This victory was the 25th Copa del Rey title for Barcelona, and after the match the squad replaced their shirts with one that stated “Rei de Copes” and “25″ on the back – “King of Cups” in Catalan.
1-0, Toquero (min 9)
1-1, Touré Yaya (min 32)
1-2, Messi (min 54)
1-3, Bojan (min 57)
1-4, Xavi (min 64)
1-1 draw takes Barça to Copa del Rey final
March 5th, 2009FC Barcelona’s away draw against Mallorca on Wednesday night was all they needed to take them through to the final of the Copa del Rey on May 13th. After a 2-1 victory in the first leg, played at the Nou Camp, gave an aggregate score of 3-1 to Barça.
Barcelona through to Copa del Rey semi-finals
January 30th, 2009Barcelona’s 3-2 defeat of Espanyol at the Nou Camp last night means the blaugranas are once again through to the last four. Although two goals from Bojan and one from Piquet in minute 56 mean that Barça looked to have the game wrapped up early in the second half, Espanyol – who are in danger of relegation – fought back in front of a packed stadium and valiently clawed back 2 goals of their own.
Barcelona face Mallorca in the semi-final, with the home leg on February 4th and the return on March 4th. Keep an eye on the website for details of ticket availability.
Goalless draw against Espanyol
January 22nd, 2009Barcelona paid a visit to Espanyol’s stadium at Montjuic last night in their Copa del Rey draw. However, despite Espanyol’s poor form this year they put on enough of an effort to thwart Barça. The return let will be played at the Nou Camp on 28th January.
Copa del Rey Quarter Final to be Barcelona Derby
January 15th, 2009Despite going down one goal, FC Barcelona came back strongly to beat Atletico de Madrid 2-1 at the Nou Camp and to qualify for the Copa del Rey quarter final, where they meet cross town rival Espanyol.
The first leg of the quarter final will take place at Espanyol’s Estadi Olimpic on Montjuic on Wednesday 21st January, followed by the home leg on the 28th. Other teams left in the Copa del Rey are Sporting Gijon, Valencia, Sevilla, Betis and Mallorca.
Barcelona draws
April 14th, 2008Despite being just outside the relegation zone, Recreativo managed to tie 2-2 with Barcelona on Saturday night. For a moment it looked as if Barcelona were on top form, when Samuel Eto’o stormed ahead and scored in the second minute. However, the pace settled down and it was clear that Barcelona’s problems are still not behind them.
Whatever the result, it was clear that even allowing for bad luck Barça were not on form. Carlos Marcos’ goal in the 41st minute was clearly saved by Victor Valdes in the playback, but that is the nature of football. And when Eto’o scored again in the 46th minute it looked as if Barcelona might be able to take the three points. Recreativo weren’t going to allow it though at Marcos again scored, this time in the 71st minute.
Although not on top of their game it was noticeable that Eto’o is being highly supportive of Frank Rijkaard. While Rijkaard must be finding life tough at the moment, it must do him some good to know that somewhere he has some support.
Barcelona are currently 9 points behind Real Madrid and just 1 ahead of Villarreal.
Barcelona out of Copa del Rey
March 21st, 2008Barcelona are nursing their injured pride today after being soundly thrashed in the Copa del Rey. Valencia beat Barça 3-2 in the return match to go through 4-3 on aggregate.
1-1 draw against Valencia
February 28th, 2008Barcelona’s persistance paid off in the final minute of the second half when they equalized against Valencia in the first leg the Copa del Rey semi-final.
Having failed to capitalize on some early opportunities, Barcelona were determined not to let the visitors win. Clearly the better team, Valencia seemed to possess an impenetrable defense. However, a blast from Xavi with a few seconds remaining on the clock saw that Valencia’s advantage was minimized.
The return match takes place on March 20th.
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