Live coverage as Barcelona enter the Copa del Rey at the round of 32 stage and visit Intercity in San Joan.
Dembélé gets a chance to run at Vadik and does his usual chop but again overruns the ball slightly and throws himself to the ground in the box. They twice tried to fast-track their progress earlier in their existence, first by proposing a merger with Novelda (and taking their place), but the move was halted by the federation as the two clubs were not geographically close enough. Torre makes a great run into the box but the pass is a little heavy and it runs away from him. Barcelona are on the attack but lose the ball and one pass from Solde sets Aaron clean through on goal. The ball dropped to him at the edge of the box but he dragged it wide via a touch from a defender. I've been a bit critical of his play in the final third but that was an absolutely delicious finish. It's been pretty quiet, most in attendance seem to have just fancied a night out at the soccer because Barcelona are in town. And almost a fourth for the visitors! A piece of wizardry there from Alba to pick out Baldé with the outside of his foot. Solde has been quiet since his hat-trick goal but he picks out a beautiful pass to find the run of Herrera. We have a huge game on Sunday and we have to focus on that. It's not the trophy Xavi is most desperate to win this season but after a few difficult years, any will be welcome to get the club back up and running.
Former Barcelona junior Oriol Soldevila scored a hat-trick against his old club but still ended on the losing side as third tier InterCity took the LaLiga ...
Ronald Araujo, Ousmane Dembele and Raphinha were Barcelona’s other scorers while the 21-year-old Soldevila netted his three goals in a 25-minute second-half spell including a dramatic third in the 86th minute to take the tie to extra time. ALICANTE, Spain, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Former Barcelona junior Oriol Soldevila scored a hat-trick against his old club but still ended on the losing side as third tier InterCity took the LaLiga giants to extra time before losing 4-3 in a dramatic Copa del Rey tie on Wednesday. Barcelona taken to extra time before overcoming third tier InterCity in Cup
Barcelona conceded three to third-division Intercity in the Copa del Rey, but Ansu Fati saved them from an early cup exit with an extra-time winner.
Wednesday evening was his chance to earn himself a spot as the main man for the next month. THE BIG LOSER: With Robert Lewandowski given the night off, and soon to be suspended for three matches, Barcelona needed to find goals from somewhere. Former La Masia youth player Soldevila bagged three wonderful goals for Intercity, and was a constant threat.
Barcelona needed extra time to progress against SF Intercity in the Copa del Rey after Oriol Soldevila scored a stunning hat-trick against his former club.
Barcelona needed extra time to progress against Spanish minnows CF Intercity in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Ansu Fati scored Barca's winner in the 13th minute of added time to join Ronald Araujo, Ousmane Dembele and Raphinha on the scoresheet. Barcelona Need Extra Time To Beat CF Intercity In Copa Del Rey After Oriol Soldevila Hat-Trick
Ansu Fati scored the winning goal for Barcelona in the 104th minute after the Catalan club relinquished a lead three times in the 3-3 draw in regulation.
The suspension had been lifted by a court of disputes after an appeal by Barcelona. He had not been in the squad for the Copa match against Intercity. Solde scored in the 59th, 74th and 86th minutes.
The Catalans narrowly escaped an embarrassing elimination at the hands of Intercity and won 4-3 in extra time. Ronald Araujo — back from injury — opened the ...
The other three ended up on the score sheet which is key to the confidence of Raphinha and Fati in particular. Despite being down in extra time, Intercity managed to threaten a couple of times with Peña being forced to action on one occasion. “The opponent are extra motivated to face us. The former La Masia player was left with acres of space on the counter as Alonso was essentially the last defender. Six minutes in, the majority would have believed the visitors were in for an easy time. The jubilation from the home team was short lived as only 7 minutes later, Ousmane Dembélé gave Barcelona the lead once again.
Former Barcelona junior Oriol Soldevila scored a hat trick against his old club but still ended on the losing side as third tier InterCity took the LaLiga ...
He had not been in the squad for the Copa match against Intercity. The "The Copa is like this, we know it, it's not easy," Araújo said. We did not kill the game off when we were in front. We were not good enough in both boxes. [upheld a three-game suspension](/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4844470/barcelonas-robert-lewandowski-to-miss-atletico-clash-after-three-game-ban-upheld) for Barcelona striker [Robert Lewandowski](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski) in the Spanish league, taking him out of the league match against [Atletico Madrid](/soccer/team?id=1068) on Sunday.