Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Saturday, April 17, 2021
Barcelona DWWWL 4
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Athletic Club DDLDD 0
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Estadio La Cartuja · ESPN+

Match Report

Messi nets 2, Barcelona beats Bilbao 4-0 to win Copa del Rey

— Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0 to win the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, giving Ronald Koeman his first title as coach of the Catalan club.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
4
76.9
Possession
23.1
14
SHOTS
7
8
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
761
Accurate Passes
171
815
Passes
235
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.6
51
Long Balls
46
40
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
11
11
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
9
8
Effective Clearances
20
8
Clearances
20

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-2

Lineups

ATH · 4-4-2

  1. 1Unai SimónG
  2. 4Iñigo MartínezCD-L
  3. 5YerayCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 18Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 8Unai LópezCM-L
  7. 14Dani GarcíaCM-R
  8. 10Iker MuniainLM
  9. 12Álex BerenguerRM
  10. 22Raúl GarcíaCF-L
  11. 9Iñaki WilliamsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Yuri BerchicheSUB
  2. 3Unai NúñezSUB
  3. 6Mikel VesgaSUB
  4. 15Iñigo LekueSUB
  5. 21Ander CapaSUB
  6. 2Jon MorcilloSUB
  7. 27Unai VencedorSUB
  8. 13Jokin EzkietaSUB
  9. 20Asier VillalibreSUB

BAR · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 3Gerard PiquéCD
  3. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  4. 28Óscar MinguezaCD-R
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsSW
  6. 16PedriCM-L
  7. 21Frenkie de JongCM-R
  8. 18Jordi AlbaLM
  9. 2Sergiño DestRM
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Francisco Trincão
  2. 20Sergi Roberto
  3. 23Samuel Umtiti
  4. 36Arnau Tenas
  5. 26Iñaki Peña
  6. 11Ousmane Dembélé
  7. 9Martin Braithwaite
  8. 27Ilaix Moriba
  9. 4Ronald Araujo

Timeline

  1. 39' Dani García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Iker Muniain.
  3. 54' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Alex Berenguer.
  4. 60' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 1. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  5. 63' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 2. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba with a cross.
  6. 67' Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai Núñez replaces Yeray Álvarez.
  7. 67' Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Iñaki Williams.
  8. 67' Substitution, Athletic Club. Yuri Berchiche replaces Unai López.
  9. 68' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
  10. 72' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  11. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Sergiño Dest.
  12. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Ilaix Moriba replaces Pedri.
  13. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Ronald Araujo replaces Gerard Piqué.
  14. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Martin Braithwaite replaces Óscar Mingueza.
  15. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  16. 90' Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.

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