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CAMP NOU, Barcelona – FC Barcelona made it easy for them to return to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals and easily beat Sevilla in a thrilling clash for the return leg that had everything: an electric Leo Messi, a goal for shots in the final. goal, a goal saved, be accidental at first sight, and a late wave that puts everything in stone.
In the end, the Catalans were just too demanding for Seville. They beat an overall deficit of 2-0 since last week's first leg to advance to the semi-finals for the ninth straight season, 6-1 (6-3 aggregate).
A glance at the score sheet shows how crazy the situation was. Philippe Coutinho scored a double – his first goal was scored by a penalty – while Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suarez and Messi all conceded the goal.
Goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made several exceptional saves, including a 26th-minute penalty, to keep Barça in the driver's seat.
The situation was noisy in the stands but relatively quiet on the pitch until the 12th minute, when a penalty was awarded to Barça for the first time after Messi was eliminated in the penalty area.
Surprisingly, the Argentine maestro kicked Coutinho's kick, which accelerated and dropped a low shot in the left post, just within reach of the goalkeeper to give Barça a 1-0 lead after 13 minutes. Thu.
Seville immediately threatened to retaliate. Cillessen parried a André Silva 23, who left the post before being released. And the safeguarding of the day took place three minutes later, the 26th, when the Dutchman stoned Ever BanegaA penalty shot that would have given Sevilla a decisive goal.
With Camp Nou already in a pandemonium, the place exploded in the 32nd minute, when Arthur Melo's long pbad to Rakitic seemed quite out of reach for the Croatian. But the Sevilla goalkeeper Juan Soriano misjudged the game and came out too far, Rakitic pinched the ball with the tip of his fingernail, just enough to trick Soriano and allow him to roll without hindrance for a two-goal lead from Barça.
That could not have been a better start for Barça, but they went into the locker room at halftime knowing that one goal from Sevilla would make things harder, forcing Barça to score at least twice more.
This turned out not to be a problem.
At the 53rd, Coutinho opened the score at Barça 3-0 with his second goal of the match, acquiescing in a precision center Luis Suárez. Still, despite the three goals in advance, he was still too tight to be comfortable.
Cue Sergi Roberto, who raised the score to 4-0 from the same place as Coutinho had scored in two minutes earlier. Messi hit Barça number 20 and the hero of Barcelona's last big comeback – the epic victory of the Champions League 6-1 over Paris Saint-Germain – moved past Soriano to give Barça a break.
But Barça's four-goal lead, far more than enough to secure his semifinal pbad, was fleeting. There was a rapid turn of events in the 68th, when Guilherme Arana Suddenly shot a goal for Sevilla, putting a goal to hit Barça.
The nervousness of the Camp Nou began to rack its brains as the clock ticked off and Barça only clung to a goal of aggregate, while finding himself on the wrong side of a decisive point.
Then, in the last minutes, the big guns are out.
Suárez practically put the game out of action and the quarter-finals were eliminated in the 87th, converting a superb pbad from Jordi Alba to pbad the score to 5-1 (5-3 total). And in stoppage time, Messi broke into the party with a personal goal: to score 6-1 (6-3 agg.) And send the suitcases to Sevilla for good.
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