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The Super Cup champion reached the semifinals of the Cup after defeating the most admired team in the League.
The fun, applauded and victorious career of Real ended nine games later in a stadium where they have not won for 32 years, the Camp Nou.
The victory was considered impossible from the San Sebastian side due to the field factor and because more than half a game was fought in numerical inferiority due to the expulsion of Brais Méndez.
Silva and Merino were also absent, in any case he did not sign the surrender until the last minute after an excellent exercise against a contradictory version of Barça.
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Ter Stegen, Ronald Araújo, Alex Balde (Raphinha, min. 77), A. Christensen (Marcos Alonso, min. 91), Koundé, Busquets, Pedri (Kessié Franck, min. 77), Frenkie De Jong, Lewandowski, Gavi and Ousmane Dembélé (Ansu Fati, min. 84)
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Remiro, Diego Rico (Aihen Muñoz, min. 45), Le Normand, Elustondo, Zubeldia, Brais, Martín Zubimendi, Pablo Marín (Jon Ander Olasagasti, min. 77), Take Kubo (Robert Navarro, min. 77), Sörloth ( Carlos Fernández, min. 87) and Oyarzabal (Barrenetxea, min. 45)
Goals
1-0 min.
51: Ousmane Dembele.
Referee
Jesus Gil Manzano
Yellow cards Busquets (min. 55), Pedri (min. 58) and Martín Zubimendi (min. 66)
Brais red cards (min. 40)
The Catalans formed with their best lineup, including Ter Stegen, a circumstance that certifies the seriousness with which the appointment was taken and also guarantees the integrity of Real.
Barça culminated with a phenomenal goal yesterday from Dembélé, their best stretch of the game and then he gave himself up to Ter Stegen to save the 1-0.
The goalkeeper took two shots from Robert Navarro, enabled by an error by the same goalkeeper, and in the last play from Olasagasti.
Barça pressed from the start, very stretched from a line of three centrals, strong in pressure and alive in the preparation, more protagonist than Real.
The blue and whites only surpassed the Catalans when the ball was in Ter Stegen's area.
The goalkeeper's right foot then gave way to the game in search of Dembélé.
The ball jumped the pressure lines and the Catalans frequently reached finishing positions or the corner flag when the defense arranged by Imanol mediated.
The people from San Sebastián could not get the leather and the coach did not stop correcting Rico, overwhelmed by the unbalancing Dembélé.
The deep and fast Barca football only needed a shot and therefore a goal to complete a good set-up in the cold Camp Nou, very atmospheric and on the other hand less populated than in the League.
It took La Real half an hour to leave their field well oriented after a good defensive exercise that left Remiro practically unheard of.
The presentation shot from San Sebastian hit the crossbar after an excellent maneuver by Pablo Marín enabled Take Kubo's trigger.
The match was precious due to the interest of the players and the vibrant game between the two teams that led to the continued intervention of Gil Manzano.
The referee warned more than admonished the offenders until he sent off Brais Méndez for a tackle on Busquets' ankle after consulting the VAR.
The referee, received with a whistle for having fired Lewandowski at El Sadar, changed the yellow card for a red one and Real was left with 10 and without one of their fittest footballers, decisive in a machine room in which they already Merino and Silva were missing.
The party turned again in the direction of Imanol's frame.
The Catalans, however, lacked patience and finesse to avoid the crowds that occurred before Remiro.
Reached the break with 0-0 and arranged the match 10 against 11, Imanol switched to the left-back, Rico surpassed by Aihen, and put Barrenetxea by Oyarzabal.
The match demanded legs and lungs and the international striker is still not fit after the ligament injury suffered in Zubieta.
Dembélé did not care about Rico or Aihen and he unlocked Real's goal with a precious play due to the speed and power of his shot after a good pass from Koundé.
The French winger grabbed the back of his markers and bent the left arm of the surprised Remiro.
In favor of the score, Barcelona ignored the game and the ball and began to concede fouls, repetitive in losses and vulnerable on their court, permeable to a Take Kubo attack from the left that left Sorloth in the goal mouth .
The striker, who already has 12 goals, missed an empty goal, defeated Ter Stegen.
The move alerted the Catalans, who returned to the charge and, based on their numerical superiority, subdued the decimated Real.
There was even a shot off Gavi's crossbar to finally attend a double opportunity for Real with Robert Navarro and Olasagasti, now without Dembélé on the field, replaced and applauded as a figure of the match by the Camp Nou.
The victory went to Barcelona, the honor for a meritorious, competitive and decimated Real in a good Cup match.
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