Barcelona had
a first victory of their Copa del Rey quarter-final tie over Atletico Madrid,
Lionel Messi was able to score following up his saved penalty and secure a 1-0
victory at Camp Nou last Wednesday.
Barça, as usual on the last games, was able to dominate ball possession over
last year La Liga champions but Atletico defense held Barcelona until Juanfran
made a foul over Sergio Busquets just six minutes before the end of the clash.
Messi kick was
stopped by Atletico goalkeeper jan Oblak, but the ball bounced back to the
Argentinian and he tapped it into the net and gave the advantage to his team
ahead of return match on Wednesday next week at Vicente Calderón.
Iniesta
commented after the match that this is a good result but there will be 90 very
intense minutes on second leg match, adding that their performance was very
good and the opponent very tough to overcome.
After last 3-1
defeat in La Liga, Atletico improved their defense performance and where really
close to become the second team to avoid conceding at Camp Nou. Atletico was
able to restrict Messi, who came from a hat-trick in last Barcelona’s La Liga victory, and the Argentinian only had and opportunity in the
12th minute.
After the
goal, Messi had another chance to score, but his free kick in the added time
from just outside Atletico’s area was too high.
Suarez had his
best opportunity to score in the first half of the match but the ball ended in
the crossbar.
Atletico
expects to turn around the result and keep the good defense, said Brazilian
Miranda, also the fans will help them to fight back.
Villareal or
Getafe are the possible opponents in the last four and Villarreal was able to
win the first leg when captain Bruno Soriano curled a free kick just 5 minutes
before the end time; Soriano came off the bench just 30 minutes earlier.
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