Barcelona launched his candidacy for a hat-trick after defeating Real Madrid 3-2 in an exciting final by Copa del Rey with Jules Koundé marking a winner nearby on Saturday.
With his right back, Koundé, jumped on a pass by Luka Modric and pulled in the bottom corner of the Thibaut Courtois net for the 116th minute decision maker.
Barcelona will carry a momentum of his 32nd title Copa del Rey Record at the start of his semi-final series of the Champions League against Inter Milan. This also leads the four -point liga to Madrid.
Pedri dictated the match for Barcelona of the midfielder and marked long -term to take a 28th minute at the Latuja stadium.
Madrid joined in the second half and scored twice, with Kylian Mbappé who left the bench at halftime and marking a free kick in the 70th and midfielder Aurélien Tchouammeni in the 77th, which in fact 2-1.
Ferran Torres got into the 84th to force the additional time – and prepared the land for Koundé to culminate the return.
Barcelona raised a record title of the 32nd Copa del Rey with the victory over Real Madrid
Jules Kounde scored the winner of Barcelona with an astonishing objective in the depths of additional time
Jude Bellingham and Carlo Ancelotti cut discouraged figures after the last loss of gap from Real Madrid
Barcelona defeated Madrid in the three clasicos this season, including a 5-2 rout in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in January after winning 4-0 in Madrid in the League in October.
“It was a game so physically demanding, but we have shown that we are a big team that never abandons,” said Torres, who perfectly filled the injured Robert Lewandowski.
The defeat against his ferocious rival was another blow for Madrid after being eliminated the quarterfinals of the Champions League by Arsenal. It could have been his latest title decision -maker with Carlo Ancelotti in charge. The Italian coach said that he would decide his future this summer in the midst of speculation that he is forced to resume Brazil.
Ancelotti, asked about his future, said, “As I said, I can continue, I can stop, it will be a subject for the coming weeks.”
While the second pass from Ancelotti to Madrid seems to end, Hansi Flick added only to his superb first season with Barcelona. The German coach invigorated a group of players who seemed spent under Xavi Hernandez and helped young players such as Yamal and Cubarsí continue to become stars.
“I must say thank you to the team because they had an incredible performance,” said Flick.
King Felipe VI awarded the trophy to the captains of Barcelona Ronald Araujo and Marc-André Ter Stegen, after the return of the monarch to Spain after his attendance at the funeral of Pope Francis.
The trophy is the first piece of a triple that Barcelona won under Pep Guardiola in 2009 and Luis Enrique in 2015.
Pedri scored a superb opening match for Barcelona and dictated a large part of the Seville final
Kylian Mbappe left the bench and equalized with a free kick for Real Madrid
The header of Aurelien Tchouameni gave the head of Real Madrid and put them on the verge of glory
Antonio Rudiger de Madrid was shown a referee’s red card in the last minute of overtime.
The central back was livid and the team staff and the players had to hold it when he launched, shouted and made a launch gesture on the referee.
One of the largest rivalries in world football was again a story of two halves – until Torres marks the late equalizer against the game flow to renew the prospects of Barcelona.
Barcelona dominated the first half with its balloon control and a pressure defense which was quick to recover the ball.
The only semblance of an attack from Madrid came when Jude Bellingham was able to move away from his marker.
But a Bellingham pass intercepted by Pau Cubarsí spotted the opening of Barcelona. Pedri launched forward for Yamal, decomposing the flank. The 17 -year -old phenomenon – sporting a new Hairstyle Hue -Blond – Put on a pass at the top of the box, where Pedri arrived to explode it at home.
Raphinha has nearly adding a second goal with a help from Rudiger when the Brazilian plug kick touched the defender and hit the distant post.
Mbappé started the match on the bench after injuring the ankle last week. But Ancelotti sent his attacker to half-time to replace Rodrygo. Modric and playmaker Arda Guller quickly followed.
Ferran Torres drew the level of Barcelona in the 84th minute with the Catalans forcing an additional time
Antonio Rudiger, on the left, was sent in the last minute of additional time after being replaced
Lucas Vazquez was also expelled from the bench while the temperaments of Real Madrid have evolved full time
The changes helped Madrid click, and the game has become a back and forth competition with the two teams creating score chances.
Wojciech Szczesny had to protect the example of Barcelona with three stops to refuse Vinícius Júnior and Mbappé. The goalkeeper could do nothing, however, to stop Mbappe after winning a fault and pulled a low free kick and just inside the post.
Tchouameni got up to go into a corner kick that Guller curled up in the edge of the six -meter box.
Torres brought in Barcelona when Yamal put a long ball behind the defense and courteous deceived her end to intercept her, leaving Torres with an open net.
Raphinha thought he had a penalty in the last minute of injury time after contact with Raul Asencio. But the referee, who the day before the final denounced a campaign to discredit him by television from the official Real Madrid club, renounced his initial decision after consulting the video.
With several clearly exhausted players in addition to time, the game seemed to end in a penalty shootout. But it was then that Koundé became the hero of the Catalan club.
