Despite a 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, Barcelona was unable to qualify for the final. Atletico Madrid clinched qualification thanks to its great victory in the first leg with four unanswered goals, bringing the total score of the two matches to 4-3 in favor of “Atletico”.
In the final match, Atletico Madrid will wait for the winner of the confrontation between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, knowing that Real Sociedad won the first leg away from home with a clean goal.
The match witnessed a pressing start by Barcelona with the aim of narrowing the gap, but Jules Kounde quickly suffered an early injury in the 13th minute and was replaced by Alejandro Balde. “Rafinha” almost scored the first goal in the same minute, but the ball did not enter the goal. Marc Bernal opened the scoring in the 30th minute after a pass from Lamin Yamal, which ended with Bernal scoring into an empty net. A penalty kick was awarded to Barcelona in the 49th minute.
