Copa del Rey: Barça qualified in pain for the round of 16

FC Barcelona needed extra time to overcome (2-0) Cornella, third division club, Thursday in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

Faced with the strikers of Atlético Madrid in the previous round (2-0), the Barcelonans made the difference thanks to Ousmane Dembélé (92nd) then Martin Braithwaite (120th + 1).

If the short trip to the Barcelona suburbs was not exhausting, the Blaugrana seemed borrowed and suffered terribly on the pitch.

They were pushed into a third overtime in eight days, after their two Spanish Supercopa matches against Real Sociedad (1-1, 3-2 in the tabs) and Bilbao (2-3 ap), winner of the event. .

Widely revised with Clément Lenglet captain, Ilaix Moriba for the first time as a pro and a Griezmann-Braithwaite doublet in front, Barça nevertheless obtained two penalties in regular time.

But Miralem Pjanic (39th) then Dembélé (80th) stumbled on goalkeeper Juan Ramirez, heroic (15th, 47th, 88th, 102nd) despite the goal conceded on a dry strike from Dembélé.

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Ronald Koeman's team produced a very dull game and could have been punished on several clear occasions from Cornella (24th, 30th, 59th, 69th).

But she will be the last representative of the Top 3 of La Liga in the next round, since Real Madrid were eliminated the day before by another third division club, Alcoyano.

Earlier on Thursday, Athletic Bilbao hardly beat Ibiza (D3) thanks to a goal from Unai Nuñez at the very end of the game (90th + 1).

Fallen from Celta Vigo in the previous round (5-2), Ibiza opened the scoring by Javier Perez Mateo (12th), before the equalizer of Raul Garcia (52nd) for the Basques.

The draw for the round of 16 will be organized on Friday.

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