Barcelona avoids ridicule by beating Cornellá in the Copa del Rey

GUADALAJARA, Jal ,. January 21, 2021.- Without Lionel Messi, who is serving one of the two suspension matches for attacking a rival, Barcelona goes to the Cornellá house in search of access to the Eighth Final of the Copa del King.

For 14 ‘, Ilax Kourouma takes the center, in the defender’s sweep, he hits him between the trunk and the right arm, Koeman’s hosts call for a penalty, the ball is left to Griezmann who takes the right hand without goal direction.

At 24 ‘, Unió Esportiva is close to opening the scoring, in a header from Kevin Presa, but everything is a scare for the team that plays in the Second Division of Spain.

At 34 ‘, Barcelona is going to approach Juan’s goal in a volley from Trincao that the local goalkeeper is attentive to stop, this after a corner kick that the Blaugrana footballer almost made effective.

In the 38 ‘, center to the area that Ronald Araujo wants to finish off, but he meets Manel Estelles, who hits Araujo’s face with his right shoe and the referee marks the penalty: in the charge, Pjanic shoots the shot at medium height , Ramón Juan endures and throws himself to his right side and covers the ball, staying with him in two halves and thus establishing himself as the hero of his squad.

For the second half, at 46 ‘, Ramón Juan saves his frame again in a good combination on the left of Kourouma that he delivers to Griezmann, who reaches to touch before visiting the ground and Braithwaite finishes but the goalkeeper led by strategist Guillermo Fernández Romo is attentive, deflecting the ball to a corner kick.

The green box is close to putting a number on the house, in a ball that Neto has, he prepares and shoots, but the ball goes to one side of the Catalans ‘goal, at 60’.

For the 78 ‘, the visiting team will have a second chance from 11 steps, as Paul Moreno puts the studs in Lenglet’s face and the maximum penalty is marked: Ramón Juan now stands in front of Dembélé, the goalkeeper applies the same formula, when holding the shot, as he deflects the ball with his right leg that the Frenchman kicked into the center of the goal, while Koeman laments and cannot believe what he is seeing in his technical zone.

One more opportunity will present itself in the 83rd minute, after a corner kick from the right side, the ball is deflected to the far post, Martín Braihwaite is only inside the small area and connects from the right, hitting him terrifying, because he does not even take goal direction.

At 108´, Angus Medina is going to test Neto in a distant shot that bounces before and the number 13 cuddles to cool the danger.

At 87 ‘, the goalkeeper Ramón Juan will be confirmed as the total figure of his squad, in a ball that falls to Pjanic on the edge of the area and from the center he kicks with a powerful right hand, the ball is deflected and Ramón Juan it is thrown in a spectacular way, deflecting to corner kick.

The greens are going to save themselves in a corner charge in a chopped shot by Lenglet that Araújo fails to connect and the ball ends up out of the court, at 92 ‘running time and with this ends the game. There will be overtime.

Ramón Juan’s show is going to be extended to overtime in a great detour he makes to Trincao, after a heads up; However, the jug breaks at 92 ‘, where Dembélé takes the jumping toy and from outside the area he turns it on with resentment, Ramón Juan throws himself and touches the shot, but it is not enough, so it is 0-1 .

In the throes of the game, Pedri heads towards Ramón Juan’s goal, who again holds on, but the ball ends up at Braithwaite’s feet, who with an open goal, only pushes for the final 0-2.