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BARÇA HAD A BAD TIME IN THEIR LAST DEBUTS

Barça will seek to avoid a new scare in the Cup debut against Barbastro

Published:7/01/2024 - 09:02h

Updated:7/01/2024 - 09:02h

FC Barcelona debuts this Sunday in the Copa del Rey by visiting humble Barbastro (9:00 p.m. CEST). Xavi Hernández's men will seek their first calm cup debut after several scares in the last five editions of the tournament

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The visit to the UD Barbastro this Sunday supposes a party of care for the FC Barcelona. Although it treats of a team of the fourth Spanish division (Second RFEF), the last debuts in Glass of Rey have left several frights to a Barça needed of a comfortable victory to recover the confidence, especially after the suffered triumph of the Wednesday in Canarian in front of The Palms (1-2).

With Xavi Hernández in the bench, the premières in Glass always have given margin to the suffering. It does two seasons, the culés visited to the Linares in a party that recently could trace back happened the hour of game with so many of Ousmane Dembélé and Ferran Jutglà. The venues advanced in the first part and were very near to force the lengthen in spite of the clear Barcelona command in Linarejos. The Barça would fall in eighth of this edition in front of the Athletic in extention (3-2).

The Intercity also gave a lot of war the past season

Much more suffered was the classification in 2023 in front of the until then unknown Intercity. In spite of having several headlines in the eleven, the Barça recently could resolve the party in the extention thanks to a so much of Ansu Fati in the minute 103. Araújo, Dembélé and Raphinha advanced to the culés in three opportunities, but a 'hat trick' of Oriol Soldevila sent the party to the lengthen.

After the suffered triumph against the Intercity, the Barça surpassed to Ceuta (0-5) and Real Sociedad (1-0) to advance to some 'semis' where would fall in front of the Real Madrid (1-4 global) after an unexpected and painful goleada 'merengue' in Camp Nou. In 2021, with Ronald Koeman in the bench, the Barça also suffered more than the account in the première against the Cornellà.

The goalkeeper Ramón Juan sent the party to the extention stopping two penaltis to Pjanic and Dembélé, but the own Ousmane and Martin Braithwaite resolved the classification in the first part of the lengthen (0-2). Later, the culés stuck to the traced back to surpass to Ray (1-2), Granada (3-5) and Seville (3-2 global) before golear to the Ahtletic in the final (0-4) that supposed the last consecration culé in Glass.

The Ibiza and the Cultural also knew to complicate to the Barça

A year before, in the 2019/20, the SD Ibiza also devised them to him to complicate to the Barça in his debut in the first edition of Glass with the current format. The venues advanced in the first part and a doublet of Antoine Griezmann rescued to the ones of Quique Setién in the discount after a quite toneless party. In January of 2019, the Cultural Leonese followed suit for amargar to a Barça that resolved the duel with an agónico so much of Clément Lenglet in the addition. Nevertheless, the party of turn resolved with goleada in Camp Nou (4-1).