Barcelona defend Jules Kounde Struck Deep in extra time to decide a Gripping Copa del Rey Final in Seville, Earning His Side at 3-2 Win Over Rivals Real Madrid.
The Catalans, Aiming for A Quadruple This Season, Won The First Major Trophy of Hansi Flick’s Reign as coach and a record-extending 32nd Spanish cup in dramatic fashion on saturday.
Pedri Sent Barcelona Ahead at La Cartuja, But Two Real Madrid Goals in Seven Second-Half Minute, From Kylian Mbappe and Aurelien Tchouameni, Pulled The Spanish and European Champions Level.
However, Ferran Torres Struck in the 84th Minute to Take the Game to Extra Time and Kounde Drilled Home To Win It For The LaLiga Leaders.
Substituted Madrid defend Antonio Rudiger was feel off in the final Seconds for Appearing to this an object onte the pitch towards the referee.
Madrid, Who Started with Top Scorer Mbappe On The Bench After Ankle Injury, suffered an Early Setback When Left-back Ferland Mendy, Playing His First Game for Six Weeks, suffered to Thigh Injury.
Carlo Ancelotti Sent on Fran Garcia in His Place, With The Job of Shackling Barcelona’s Dazzling Teenage Winger Lamine Yamal.
The 17-Yare-Old Spain Star, Who Dyed His Hair Blond for The Game, Burst Past Him With Ease As Barca Increasingly Threatened Thibaut Courtois’s Goal.
The Catalans, Who Won The First Two Classic This Season in LaLiga and The Spanish Super Cup, Scoring Nine Goals in the Process, Controlled The Ball.
They Took The Lead After 28 Minutes, Pedri Placing The Ball into the Top Corner with Precision and Power From The Edge of the Box.
It was a sensational Goal, Starting with a smart pau cubarsi interception in His Own Half.
Pedri spread the play out to yamal on the right, Who Cut Inside and Held the Ball Up Until The Canary Islander Reachere The Box and had a sigh of Goal.
MADRID HAD BEEN FOCUSED ON DEFENDING, BUT BARCELONA’S OPER BOUCHT THEM OUT OF THEIR SHELL – AND ALSO BOUCHT MBAPPE OFF THE BENCH TO WARM UP.
Jude Bellingham Started and Finished a Superb Move But Was Offside, and Vinicius Junior Wouled Have Won a penalty as Inigo Martinez Hacked Him Down, But Had Also Strayed Off in the Build-Up.
Barcelona could Have double their lead, with Dani Olmo’s Corner Evading Several Players and Buncing Off the Far Post, With Cubarsi Unable To get there as Dani Ceballos Held Him Back.
Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea was Lenient with Sub Sub Heated Madrid Tackles, Perhaps Cowed by Friday’s Drama As The Spanish Champions Seethed at His Pre-Match Comments Denuncing Attacks On Officials by The Club’s Television Channel.
MADRID SENT MBAPPE ON FOR RODRYGO GOES AT HALF-TIME AND SOON THE BEGAN TO WORK BARCELONA GOALKEPER WOJCIECH SZCZESNY WITH VINICIUS AND MBAPPE COMING CLOSE.
MBAPPE PULLED MADRID LEVEL ALMOST ON HIS OWN IN THE 70th MINUTE.
The Striker Surgeted Forward and was Bought Down On The Edge of The Box by Frenkie by Jong. MBAPPE TOOK THE FREE-KICK HIMSELF and FIRED A LOW EFFORT IN OFF THE POST.
Seven Minute Later, Madrid Took The Lead, Tchouameni Finding Space To Head Home Arda Guler’s Corner Past The Helpless Szczesny.
Barcelona responded when Yamal Played a Delicious pass over the top for towers, which Drew Both Rudiger and Courtois, But the Spaniard Got There First and Rolled Home.
Tensions Boil Over
Controversy Unsurprisingly Reared ITS Head Before the Match Headed to Extra Time.
Barcelona CLAMOURED FOR A PRIMINY WHEN RUDIGER APPEARED TO BRING DOWN TORRES, AND THIN WERE AWARDED ONE DEEP IN STOPPAGE TIME AS RAPHINHA TUMBLED UNDER PRESSURE FROM RAUL RAUL ASTENCIO.
However, The Referee, street to review the incident by var, Overturned His Decision and Booked The Brazilian for During.
In extra time, Barcelona were Ascendant and probed for a potential winner.
They eventually Found it When Kounde intercepted an uncharacteristically Loose Luka Modric Pass and Beat Courtois with A Powerful Low Effort From Outside The Box, Sparking Wild Celebrations.
Rudiger’s Dismissal and Madrid’s Pre-Match Histrionics Regarding The Refereeing Team Will Reure The Repercussions Continue, and The Teams Meet Again in Laliga in May, in A Match That Court Decide The Title Race.
