The Catalans snatched their ticket for the round of 16 after extra time (4-3) against CF Intercity.
FC Barcelona, dominating but too rough, suffered against CF Intercity, a 3rd division club which pushed it into extra time, but ended up qualifying for the knockout stages of the King’s Cup, Wednesday in Alicante at the end of a crazy scenario (3-3, 4-3 ap).
With its French internationals Ousmane Dembélé and Jules Koundé, Barça had to force their talent to dismiss the D3 club which had the nerve to come back to score three times.
Defender Ronald Araujo opened the scoring for the Catalans by heading a corner in force (1-0, 4th).
The La Liga leader then seemed to be content with this result with a game devoid of rhythm. But after a first alert on a goal ball saved on his line by the same Araujo, the Catalans were punished by Oriol Soldevila Puig on receiving a corner (59th, 1-1).
This goal had the merit of waking up Barça who finally put the necessary intensity to find the target by Dembélé who, with a nice stung ball, gave the advantage to his team (66th, 2-1). But the resident of the Spanish D3 had not said his last word since he found resources to equalize via the same Soldevila Puig (73rd, 2-2).
The two teams then went blow for blow: Raphinha barely entered the game believed to have given a definitive advantage to Barça (77th, 3-2), but on a rapid transition, Oriol Soldevila Puig offered himself a spectacular hat-trick (86th) and sent both teams into overtime.
Finally Ansu Fati, also entered during the game, delivered Barça by scoring on a deflected shot, at the conclusion of a good collective movement (103rd, 4-3).
Earlier in the evening, Atlético Madrid, with a great Antoine Griezmann in facilitator mode, dismissed Real Oviedo thanks to goals from Marcos Llorente (24th) and 19-year-old Pablo Barrios (84th).
Sevilla FC strolled on the lawn of Linarès (D3) by winning 5-0. Deportivo Alavès, resident of the 2nd division, offered the scalp of Valladolid, 15th in La Liga (1-0).
