Barcelona hopes to be the last team that the semi-final of Copa del Rey will reach, and they are on track to do because they have doubled their lead over Valencia in their quarter-final draw at the Mestalla.
Hansi Flick chose to bring Eric Garcia, Frenkie de Jong, Fermin Lopez and Ferran Torres to the side that defeated Alaves last weekend, and it was the last to broke the impasse against his former club within the first three minutes. Fifteen minutes later he now has his Van His and Barcelona.
The goal was initially excluded for offside against Raphinha, who had set up Lamine Yamal. His shot was well saved by the goalkeeper of Valencia, stable Dimitrievsky, but the rebound was returned by Ferran. A VAR assessment determined that Raphinha was on the side and went to 2-0 as such.
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