To Cup semis! Dembélé leads a great Barça against Real (1-0)

Published:25/01/2023 - 22:58h

Updated:26/01/2023 - 01:33h

FC Barcelona suffered until the end to defeat Real Sociedad and reach the Copa del Rey semifinals (1-0). A goal from Ousmane Dembélé served to solve a very complicated match for Xavi Hernández's men

Led by an Ousmane Dembélé imparable during the 90 minutes, the FC Barcelona resolved a hard party in front of the Real Sociedad to advance to the semifinals of the Glass of Rey (1-0). The ones of Imanol Bailiff could not solve the inferiority númerica after the just expulsion of Brais Méndez in the first part and saw interrupted his series of nine triumphs to the thread in front of a rival that was upper from beginning to end.

The Barça controlled very well the party in the first chamber of hour. Robert Lewandowski turned into the minute 11, but his finish struck in a Frenkie of Jong clearly advanced. Dembélé Found eases for desbordar by right in the hand manually with Diego Rico and a his centre by low was wasted by the same Frenkie in the 20', when the one of Arkel did not reach to divert to the arch a balloon inmejorable.

Pedri And Gavi also were near to combine by left on the half hour of game, when the culés seemed more near of the goal. However, the Real woke up with a good deed of Take Kubo, the one who found space by left after a good pass of Pablo Marín to finish direct to the crossbar. It was a warning for a Barça that attacked with until five players and suffered in the shrinking when the ones of Imanol Bailiff contraatacaban.

In the 35', Jesús Gil Manzano left to happen a hard fault of Brais Méndez on Lewandowski. In the following played, went Sergio Busquets the one who received an entrance to destiempo of the Galician, the one who this time yes was apercibido. Nevertheless, the VAR hit in calling to the main judge to expel to the mediocentro, as the planchazo to the right ankle of 'Busi' was tremendo. With ten, to the Real did not remain him another that replegarse and hold the alluvium blaugrana.

Remiro Answered to a finish of Gavi in offside and Jules Koundé brushed the so much with a zurdazo. Also Pedri was near with a shot that Igor Zubeldia blocked 'in extremis' in the point penalti. The siege was total in the area 'txuri urdin', but there was not form to break the zero in the first stretch. The ones of Xavi finished in nine opportunities, three of them to the arch, while Marc-André ter Stegen only had the sobresalto of the shot to the crossbar of Kubo.

Golazo Of Dembélé to open the party

In the halftime, as it was logical, Imanol entered a pair of variants in front of the drop of Brais Méndez. Aihen Muñoz by Diego Rico that went clearly surpassed by Dembélé and Ander Barrenetxea by Mikel Oyarzabal to reinforce the mark in the left sector, point more fragile of the realistic saga in the beginning. The party did more physical, with continuous struggles and crosses in the medullary, but the Barça did not take in breaking the resistance visitor.

In the 52', an excellent pass filtered of Koundé for Ousmane allowed to the '7' win in speed and, when Remiro expected the pass to the half for Lewandowski, the one of Vernon took out a derechazo imparable that fusiló to the Spanish goalkeeper. A golazo that recompensó the big party of the French, mainly of the extreme, the best by far of the party.

After the goal expected a command blaugrana more intense, but was the Real the one who dominated the immediate stretch. In the 59', Kubo found to Alexander Sorloth totally free by right with a pass crossed, but the Norwegian desaprovechó the distraction of the defence culé and finished badly a balloon inmejorable to equalise the actions. With a clear 5-3-1, the ones of Bailiff looked for to occupy spaces and take advantage of the speed of the Japanese for lastimar in front of a Barça that is used to to have a that another defensive lagoon in the parties.

Little puntería and fright at the end

The fright of Sorloth woke up again to the ones of Xavi and an excellent combination between Dembélé and Gavi finished with a finish of first of the mediocentro to the crossbar. After 70 minutes to good rhythm, Raphinha and Ansu Fati expected his turn heating to a side of the field, while Ousmane followed desbordando to pleasure by right and Lewandowski did efforts to try combine with Frenkie, Pedri and Gavi.

With the Barça dumped in attack, the wear happened bill. Pedri, melted, left in the 76' by Franck Kessié, whereas Alejandro Balde left his place in the field to Raphinha. Xavi no especuló and looked for to close the party, conscious of the importance to clear the crash in the statutory time. In the 84', Remiro avoided the so much of 'lewi' with a good cut across, just after all the Camp Nou applauded the exit of Dembélé, replaced by Ansu.

When everything seemed calm, a mistake by Ter Stegn was about to mess it up on 88', but the German corrected his mistake with a save with his shoulder to the recently entered Robert Navarro. De Jong gave away a corner at 91' and the '1' once again avoided the realistic tie, this time with a save against a good header from Jon Ander Olasagasti. With a lump in the throat, Barça held the zero and this is the Cup semifinals. Triumph suffered, but deserved.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona 0-0 Real Sociedad

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Jules Koundé (min. 77, Alonso), Ronald Araújo, Andreas Christensen (Marcos Alonso, min. 90+1'), Alejandro Balde (min. 76, Raphinha); Sergio Busquets, Frenkie of Jong, Pedri (min.76, Franck Kessié); Gavi, Ousmane Dembélé (min. 84, Ansu Fati) and Robert Lewandowski.
Real Sociedad: Álex Remiro; Aritz Elustondo, Igor Zubeldia, Robin Him Normand, Diego Rico (min. 45, Aihen Muñoz); Martín Zubimendi (min. 84, Alvarez); Pablo Marín (min. 78, Jon Ander Olasagasti), Brais Méndez; Takefusa Kubo (min. 78, Robert Navarro), Mikel Oyarzabal (min. 45, Ander Barrenetxea) and Alexander Sorloth (min. 87, Carlos Fernández).
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano.
Incidences: corresponding Party to the quarter-finals of the Glass of the King 2022-2023
Goals of the party: 1-0, Dembélé (min. 52).