Barcelona is confronted with bright rivals Real Madrid in a delicious Copa del Rey final after beating Atletico Madrid 1-0 on Wednesday to achieve a 5-4 total victory.
After an eight-goal thriller in the first stage of the semi-final in Barcelona, it was a much more modest encounter between the sides in the Metropolitano, with Ferran Torres who won the winner.
Barcelona started clearly, with Lamine Yamal almost set up Raphinha for a tap-in in the second minute before devoting a tempo effort a little more than 10 minutes later.
Torres got the decisive goal in the 27th minute; He was freed through the middle by Yamal and took the ball in his pass before he hit a low shot in the top left corner along Juan Musso.
Atletico only succeeded in one shot in the first half, but tried to increase the pressure after the break, where Alexander Sortloth shot in the side in the 52nd minute.
Musso then denied Raphinha of double the Barcelona lead with a nice salvation, and it seemed that Sorloth had benefited shortly thereafter, but his strike in the bottom corner was abolished for offside.
The side of Diego Simeone was unable to register a shot on goal during the game, while Barcelona was holding to achieve a narrow victory to book their ticket to the final in Sevilla later this month.
Full time !!!!!!!!!!
In the Copa del Rey Final! pic.twitter.com/dy4gotqdax
– FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) 2 April 2025
Data Debrief: Barca get the last word
This was the fourth encounter between Atletico and Barcelona in all matches this season, and although Hansi Flick's side lost the first, they have shown their value since then.
Barcelona is undefeated in their last eight meetings with Atletico in the Copa del Rey (W6 D2) and is advanced from four consecutive knockout bands against them – it is the first time they have managed such a run.
Torres has given the decisive blow; Of the players in Europe's top five competitions that have scored 10+ goals in all competitions this season, Torres is the player who needs the least minutes to score (81).
It means that Barcelona will meet their old enemies in the final, because he has already defeated Madrid to win the supercopa de Espana this season.
It will be the eighth Copa del Rey final between Madrid and Barcelona (four titles for Los Blancos, three for the Blaugrana). The only competition that is more often disputed in a Copa del Rey final than El Clasico is Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao (nine).
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