In the early morning of January 6, Beijing time, the third round of the King's Cup began, and the defending champion Barcelona challenged the third-tier team Linalas away. In the end, the 90-minute battle ended, Barca fell behind in the first half, and finally successfully reversed the promotion 2-1.
Last season, although Barca encountered many difficulties in the Copa del Rey, they finally won the Copa del Rey trophy and avoided the four major voids. In the early hours of the morning, Alves played for Barca again after a gap of 4893 days, when he was 38 years and 244 days old, breaking the club's record for the oldest player in the Copa del Rey.
Linaras is from Las Liga and is a third-tier team in Spain. This season, Linalas have played against Barca B and lost 1-2. In the last round of the Copa del Rey, Linaras upset a 2-1 victory over Alaves and they hope to continue to beat Barca.
Due to the large difference in strength between the two teams, Barca expected to have the initiative on the field, but in the 18th minute, they were the first to concede the ball. On a right-hand attack, Hugo Díaz received a cross from his teammate and headed the ball into the top of the goal, rewriting the score to 1-0. In the starting line-up of this game, Barca rotated a number of players, but the fall behind was an unexpected result. At half-time, Barca returned to the dressing room with a 0-1 deficit, which was their failure to score in 13 consecutive Copa del Rey away games.
After the midfield adjustment, Barca returned to form in the second half, dembele, De Jong and other main players came on. In the 62nd minute of the game, Dembele scored from the far corner to tie the score to 1-1, and successfully broke the season. This goal is believed to make the former transfer fee of 140 million foreign goods star more confident about the renewal.
In the following time, Linaras scored again, but the goal was blown by the referee to interfere with the goalkeeper. In the 68th minute, Barca reversed the scoreline, the 22-year-old Hutgra broke through the left and shot into the far corner, the score came to 2-1, Xavi's team scored two goals in six consecutive minutes.
A successful reversal was made, and Barca were in danger one after another. In the 75th minute, De Jong, who came on as a substitute in the second half, left the field early due to injury. In the ensuing time, Linalas counter-attacked and hit the upright, but still did not give up on the game even after falling behind. On the Barca side, Dembele then also had a chance to hit the crossbar with a blast.
In the end, the whole game was over, and Barca relied on two goals in the second half of 6 minutes to reverse Linaras 2-1 and successfully entered the next round of the game. This was the first time Harvey led the team to a Copa del Rey tournament, and he had the thrill of winning the opponent and rejecting the opponent's upset. In a few days, Barca will play the Western Super League with Real Madrid, which is another big test for Xavi.