FC Barcelona Qualifies for Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals: Overthrowing Unionistas of Salamanca and Looking Ahead to La Liga

2024-01-18 20:43:00

Trailing 1-0 in the 31st minute, FC Barcelona qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey on Thursday by overthrowing (3-1) the valiant Unionistas of Salamanca (D3), without reassuring its level of play. Humiliated 4-1 on Sunday by its great rival Real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, Barça nevertheless offers itself a little breathing room, before a perilous trip to La Liga on the pitch of Betis Sevilla on Sunday.

Xavi’s men won painfully, Ferran Torres (45th) reacting to the home side’s splendid opening score with a volley into the top corner from Gomez (31st) to return to the locker room at 1-1. French defender Jules Koundé gave the Catalan club the advantage with a clear shot from the right in the second half (69th) and Alejandro Balde made the break a few minutes later alone (73rd).

“Winning the Cup is a goal. And following a difficult defeat, we had to react,” Jules Kounde told Movistar following the match. “In the end, you talk a lot regarding the coach, but we are the ones who play. We have to react and continue to move forward with intensity, that’s what we are missing this year, with being more decisive,” he said. added the French international.

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