Copa del Rey: Barça is doing in Linares (1-2), Ousmane Dembélé scorer, Real Madrid winning on the wire

For his first official match since his return to FC Barcelona, ​​Dani Alves was probably considering a quieter game. Opposed to Linares Deportivo (Spanish D3) in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, Barça played to scare themselves. However, with a team reshaped because of the cases of Covid and various injuries, Xavi and his men delivered a serious first quarter of an hour, Ronald Araujo even narrowly missed the opening of the scoring on a corner in the 6th minute.

It took a single center for Linares and Hugo Diaz appeared in front of Mingueza and others to deceive Neto (1-0, 19th). Panic seemed to seize the Catalan ranks, and it took the entry of Ousmane Dembélé at half-time to energize the Blaugrana game. The one after whom the club runs to extend it, scored a goal a little less than 20 minutes after entering the lawn (1-1, 63rd) and could even have afforded a double if the opposing crossbar had not had him not played tricks. It was finally Ferran Jutgla, the Barça B player, who offered the advantage and qualification to his team with twenty minutes remaining (1-2, 69th).

Real avoided the worst, Fekir and Betis also qualified

Thanks to Eder Militao (39th), then a counter strike from Marco Asensio (77th) and a scramble in the area (79th), the Madrilenians have also secured (not without difficulty) their ticket for the round of 16 of the Cup. King, taking their revenge on Alcoyano (1-3), modest Spanish D3 club who had eliminated the “White House” at the same stage, in the round of 16 last season.

In another meeting of these round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, Betis Sevilla qualified quietly away from Valladolid, in particular thanks to a goal from Nabil Fékir (27th). William Carvalho opened the scoring for the Sevillians (24th) and Boja Iglesias completed the victory (50th).

The other results:

Cartagena 1-2 Valence

Eibar 1-2 Mallorca

Leganes 2-3 Real Sociedad

Baleares 2-1 Celta Vigo

Mirandes 0-1 Rayo Vallecano