Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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Match Report

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Barcelona survive Copa scare by giant-killers Albacete

Barcelona reached the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, but only after making hard work of beating giantkillers Albacete 2-1.

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Highlights

01:15 Barcelona avoids upset and advances vs. Albacete Watch on ESPN 01:13 Lamine Yamal's lovely finish makes it 1-0 Barcelona Watch on ESPN 00:10 Raúl Lizoain makes a great save Watch on ESPN 01:02 Ronald Araújo doubles Barcelona's lead with header Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0

Lineups

ALB · 5-3-2

  1. 13Raúl LizoainG
  2. 18Javi VillarCD
  3. 21Carlos NevaCD-L
  4. 5Javier MorenoCD-R
  5. 27Daniel BernabeuLB
  6. 2Lorenzo AguadoRB
  7. 17Alejandro MeléndezCM
  8. 6Antonio Pacheco RuizCM-L
  9. 26CapiCM-R
  10. 7Antonio PuertasCF-L
  11. 4Agus MedinaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10JeftéSUB
  2. 16LazoSUB
  3. 1Diego MariñoSUB
  4. 3Jonathan GomezSUB
  5. 15Fran GamezSUB
  6. 20Samuel ObengSUB
  7. 11Víctor Valverde Da SilvaSUB
  8. 24Jesús VallejoSUB
  9. 28Antonio VelillaSUB

BAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Joan GarcíaG
  2. 24Eric GarcíaCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 18Gerard MartínLB
  5. 2João CanceloRB
  6. 20Dani OlmoAM
  7. 22Marc BernalLM
  8. 21Frenkie de JongRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 14Marcus RashfordAM-L
  11. 10Lamine YamalAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Roony BardghjiSUB
  2. 43Tomás MarquésSUB
  3. 5Pau CubarsíSUB
  4. 25Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  5. 3Alejandro BaldeSUB
  6. 7Ferran TorresSUB
  7. 17Marc CasadóSUB
  8. 31Diego KochenSUB
  9. 23Jules KoundéSUB
  10. 16Fermín LópezSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' João Cancelo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Daniel Bernabéu (Albacete) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Substitution, Albacete. Jesús Vallejo replaces Carlos Neva because of an injury.
  4. 39' Goal! Albacete 0, Barcelona 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  5. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Pau Cubarsí replaces João Cancelo.
  6. 56' Goal! Albacete 0, Barcelona 2. Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross following a corner.
  7. 60' Substitution, Albacete. Jonathan Gómez replaces Daniel Bernabéu.
  8. 61' Substitution, Albacete. Jefté Betancor replaces Ale Meléndez.
  9. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Marcus Rashford.
  10. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Marc Bernal.
  11. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  12. 73' Substitution, Albacete. Fran Gámez replaces Lorenzo Aguado.
  13. 73' Substitution, Albacete. José Carlos Lazo replaces Capi.
  14. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Jules Koundé replaces Ronald Araujo.
  15. 87' Goal! Albacete 1, Barcelona 2. Javi Moreno (Albacete) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by José Carlos Lazo with a cross following a set piece situation.

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