"Despite their painful start to the tie, Barcelona might not be unduly concerned if last season's semi-final between the teams in the competition is any marker. On that occasion, Julian Alvarez scored in the first minute of the first leg at Barcelona before Griezmann made the scoreline 2-0 after six minutes. Barcelona then scored four times without reply, only for late goals by Marcos Llorente and - during added time - Alexander Sorloth to ensure the blockbuster finished 4-4."
"Joan Garcia's early blunder gifted Atletico Madrid a sixth-minute lead against Barcelona as the La Liga sides met at the Metropolitano in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Thursday. Goalkeeper Garcia allowed Eric Garcia's routine backpass to roll under his foot, narrowly crossing the line for an embarrassing own goal. A HORRIFIC own goal 🤯Atlético Madrid take an early lead after a HUGE error from Joan García 😬 pic.twitter.com/aEBpuFYDay- ITV Football (@itvfootball) February 12, 2026"
Joan Garcia's early blunder gifted Atlético Madrid a sixth-minute lead when Eric Garcia's routine backpass rolled under the goalkeeper's foot and crossed the line for an own goal. Shortly beforehand Garcia had denied Giuliano Simeone in a one-on-one after Antoine Griezmann slipped Simeone through. Atlético extended the lead after 14 minutes when Nahuel Molina fed Griezmann, who finished low into the far corner. Despite the 2-0 scoreline, Atlético and Barcelona have a recent Copa del Rey semi-final history where early goals were overturned; that tie ended 4-4 after late Atlético goals before Barcelona advanced in the second leg.
Read at 101GREATGOALS.COM
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]