Goals and Highlights
It's over
Barcelona takes the victory in a long-suffering way against Intercity, a score of 3 to 4. With great annotations from former youth squad Oriol Soldevila. That he scored 3 goals.
The goals for the Catalans were from Ansu Fati, Ousmane Dembélé, Raphinha and Ronald Araújo.
119'
Seconds after the game is over and the score is in favor of the Catalans. Waiting if the ref adds more.
118'
Intercity will have one more, Xemi hit him and achieved a corner kick that the locals did not take advantage of.
115'
One more!
Goalkeeper Campos saves his team from a possible fifth goal on the play produced by Balde.
114'
Intercity lost it, they commanded a great attack in a possible counterattack and Raphinha recovered the ball. The culés have possession of the ball.
110'
deadly shot!
Kessie misses a key shot that can help score.
End of first half
The first extra time is over, they will only change sides and the second half will start. Hopefully Ansu Fati's goal will be enough to win the game. If we go to penalties in case of a tie.
103'
Barcelona goal!
Ansu Fati scores the goal that breaks the tie. Assisted by Raphinha.
99'
To the post!
The one that could have been Jordi Alba's, the full-back hits it and it hits the post. But it was flagged offside.
95'
I send a cannonball!
Dembele crosses it in search of one of his teammates, but it goes wide.
92'
It could have been Dembele's goal!
The goalkeeper saves it on the line, the Frenchman's shot is saved by Campos and the Culés press in search of the fourth goal.
summary
The match is over in 90 minutes, Barcelona and Intercity tied at 3 goals. Great surprise for the locals, who with a hat-trick by Oriol Soldevila is in these extra times.
Raphinha, Dembele and Araujo scored the goals for the Culés.
We go to Overtime
We go to extra time, Barcelona could not break the 3-goal tie. Alejandro Balde warms up.
90'
It goes to add 4 minutes, Dembele and Ansu Fati miss a play in the area.
86'
Unbelievable!
GOOOL
InterCity equalizes for the third time, Oriol Soldevila scores a hat-trick.
85'
5 minutes in, the game starts to get more complicated for both teams, the Culés are closing in, InterCity had the chance to tie the game twice, Oriol missed the goal.
80'
With 10 minutes left, Intercity made more changes in search of a miracle play and managed to tie the game.
77'
The tie is broken!
Barcelona's goal
Raphinha scores the tie-breaking goal with an assist from Jordi Alba.
74'
Here comes the equalizer again! Goal Intercity equalizes with a header by Oriol Soldevila and sends the ball into the net.
67'
The Frenchman's goal is here!
Dembele scores the second goal for the Culés, he beats the goalkeeper and sends it into the net. Assisted by Gavi.
65'
Dembele misses the target, a very weak shot and the second for the Culés does not arrive.
59'
The equalizer and the surprise!
Intercity's goal, the game is tied with a goal by Oriol Soldevila who pushes the ball in. Gavi, Eric Garcia and Raphinha are substituted.
53'
Piñán misses, shoots at Peña but InterCity's chance for a possible equalizer is gone.
49'
Dembele misses
Again the French winger misses the goalkeeper, Campos saves and Pablo Torre is yellow carded for a foul on Puig.
halftime
We go to halftime with the victory for the moment for the Culés, FC Barcelona started winning with an early goal by Ronald Araújo at 4'.
45'
Ferrán Torres had a great pass from Dembelé, but the Spaniard's shot was too close and went wide. One more minute is played.
43'
We are just minutes away from the end of regulation time, waiting for how many more minutes the referee will give in this first half.
37'
Now Araujo hit it from outside the area and was flagged offside.
36'
Gálvez almost scored on goal, after Jordi Alba's cross was headed back to him and the corner kick that the Cules sent to Araujo failed to finish.
34'
Depay made a great individual play, but unsuccessful in the play just like Dembele's shot, it still goes wide of the goal.
27'
They keep knocking on the door
The Culés with a free kick by Depay but the shot hit the crossbar after bouncing off a defender.
23'
Good save by the Inter captain, covering the ball that was going to the Frenchman Dembele.
18'
What a save by the Uruguayan!
Araujo saves on the line. Piñán beat goalkeeper Peña, but the defender arrived to save his team, Inter missed it.
10'
The Culés press in search of the second goal, Dembele sends it well over the goalkeeper.
4'
Barcelona's first goal!
GOOOOL
Ronald Araújo headed the ball, Pablo Torre sent the cross and the Uruguayan sent it to the back of the net.
3'
Pablo Torre tries, the cross sent to him fails to finish it well and sends it over the top.
0'
The ball is rolling at the Antonio Solana Stadium.
Intercity roster
The locals are looking for a surprise, this is the eleven that the coach Gustavo Siviero, who does not keep anything back.
👥✅ ¡𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙤́𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙖!
— 𝗖𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 (@CFIntercity) January 4, 2023
📋🏆 Nuestro once para la #CopaDelRey, nuestro once para el @FCBarcelona.
👊🏼🖤 ¡𝙑𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙨! pic.twitter.com/YnX46oxabQ
FCB Lineup
This will be Xavi's roster with Iñaki Peña as a starter, Pablo Torre, Depay and Bellerín surprisingly in the eleven.
¡Primera alineación del año! 👥
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 4, 2023
¡Vamos, chicos! 💪#CopaBarça pic.twitter.com/RPOSluKNMk
What a surprise!
Iñaki Peña is back with the Culés and will wear the dorsal number 13.
He will be a starter.
Besides Gavi has recovered and will have minutes tonight. Lewandowski and Pedri were not called up.
They are warming up
Both teams are already doing stretching exercises, prior to the start of the game between Intercity vs Barcelona.
Iñaki Peña ya calienta sobre el verde#CopaBarça pic.twitter.com/IEvCFSs4iD
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 4, 2023
They have already arrived
The two teams have already arrived at the stadium, minutes before they go out to warm up, after the start of the action in the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.
Concentrados 🎧 pic.twitter.com/fiBvohJh7i
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 4, 2023
The fans have arrived
The fans of both teams have arrived at the Antonio Solana Stadium, waiting for their team to warm up.
The dressing room
Everything is ready for the players of both teams to arrive, the dressing rooms are already complete with all the players' accessories.
🖤 Equipo... 𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗮 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/68449684cB
— 𝗖𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 (@CFIntercity) January 4, 2023
Full house
The Antonio Solana Stadium will be full tonight for the Copa del Rey Round of 32. The 2,500 seats it has available will not have room for one more soul.
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USA Date: wednesday, january 4, 2023.
USA Time: 3:00 PM ET
USA TV channel (English): ESPN +.
USA TV channel (Spanish): ESPN +.
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Date, time, TV Channel and Live Streamings for Intercity vs Barcelona: match for the in Copa del Rey Match?
This is the start time of the game Intercity vs Barcelona: of wednesday, january 4, 2023 in several countries:
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Argentina |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
17:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Argentina. |
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Bolivia |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
17:00 hours |
In Bet 365. |
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Brazil |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
17:00 hours |
In Star. |
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Chile |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
17:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Chile. |
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Colombia |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
15:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Colombia |
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Ecuador |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
15:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Ecuador |
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Spain |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
20:00 hours |
In Movistar +. |
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Canada |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
15:00 hours |
In Bet 365. |
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USA |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
15:00 hours |
In ESPN +. |
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Mexico |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
14:00 hours |
In SKY HD. |
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Paraguay |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
17:00 hours |
In Tigo Sports Paraguay |
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Peru |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
15:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Peru. |
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Uruguay |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
17:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Venezuela Uruguay. |
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Venezuela |
wednesday, january 4, 2023 |
16:00 hours |
In DIRECTV Sports Venezuela |
Who will be the referee for this game?
The referee for this game will be Valentín Pizarro Gómez, he has only twice refereed an FC Barcelona game, in both occasions he only registered 10 fouls, 2 yellow cards and no red cards.
When was FC Barcelona's last championship in the Copa?
The Culés have been champions of this competition on repeated occasions, with more than 31 cups, it is the club with the most trophies in this tournament.
In all these years, they have been the Copa del Rey champions: 1909, 1912, 1913, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.
The last trophy they lifted was in 2021 at the hands of Messi, when they defeated Athletic by four goals. Their most current runner-up was in 2019 against Valencia by two goals.
Watch out for this FC Barcelona player
The azulgranas have in their ranks the promising player who has become a reality at the age of 20, Pedri Gonzalez. The young Spaniard has returned from his time in the World Cup with Spain, in this return in La Liga he was active against Espanyol.
In 15 games participating in La Liga, he scored 3 goals and at the moment he has not made any assists. This element is one of Xavi's fundamental pieces in his teams, he can play as a winger on the left, attacking midfielder and midfielder. This will be the canary's first game in the Copa del Rey.
Watch out for this Intercity player
Former FC Barcelona youth player, now Inter player, Oriol Soldevila is the element to follow, the Spaniard went through the masia, but could not clear his career in Spain, it was in England with Birmingham his penultimate step before returning home, with the Alicante team, where he signed his contract until 2024.
The Spanish midfielder, also a winger in the Third Division has been in 17 games, 1 goal and 2 assists have been scored. But in the Copa del Rey in the 2 games he was in he scored a goal.
This time he will meet the team that saw him start his career.
Possible line-ups
Against Espanyol, Xavi lined up a 4-3-3 with Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Christensen, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba, Gavi, De Jong, Pedri González, Raphinha, Lewandowski and Ansu Fati.
Sergio Busquets came on for Gavi, who left due to injury, Dembélé, Ferran Torres, Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde.
Intercity in their Copa del Rey game against Mirandes, Gustavo Siviero lined up as follows: Gaizka, Guillem, Vadik, Kecojevic, Rafa Gálvez, Cristo, Miguel Marí, Cristian, Solde, Pol Roigé and Xemi.
Bellotti, Etxaniz, Aaron Piñan and Nsue came on as substitutes.
How does Barcelona arrive?
The azulgrana team arrives to this game with a bittersweet and controversial taste of the last league game against Espanyol in La Liga, where in 90 minutes the derby was shaken by many controversial plays, full of yellow and red cards.
Those led by Xavi are presented to in the Copa del Rey, since last year 2022 when they faced Linares in the knockout round of 32, winning by two goals to one.
After this game in La Liga they will face Atletico Madrid as visitors, where they will play their leadership against the colchoneros who are fourth.
Days later they will play the Spanish Super Cup games in the semifinal against Betis. From there, depending on their results, they will see if they will play the final or return to play their games against Getafe and Girona.
How is Intercity coming along?
The team located in Alicante has come a long way in this Copa del Rey competition, after defeating Cirbonero by one goal, Mirandés in the second round.
Inter already played last year against Barcelona B in their division, drawing to zero goals, this time the challenge will be bigger, for facing one of the giants in Spanish soccer and candidates for the title, FC Barcelona.
The Stadium
The Antonio Solana Stadium is home to two teams from the city of Alicante, Intercity and Alicante play their home games there. With a capacity of 2,500 spectators, with more than 43 years of existence, it will be the venue for this game between Intercity vs Barcelona in the Round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.
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