Barcelona needs extra time to advance past Intercity in Copa
Baku, January 5, AZERTAC
Barcelona struggled to advance in its Copa del Rey debut on Wednesday, needing extra time to defeat third-division club Intercity 4-3, according to AP.
Ansu Fati scored the winning goal for Barcelona in the 104th minute after the Catalan club relinquished a lead three times in the 3-3 draw in regulation.
Oriol Solde scored a hat trick for the hosts in the city of Alicante in southeastern Spain.
Barcelona, playing without some of its regular starters, scored with Ronald Araújo in the fourth minute, Ousmane Dembélé in the 66th and Raphinha in the 77th. Solde scored in the 59th, 74th and 86th minutes.
The game was played not long after Spain’s administrative court for sports upheld a three-game suspension for Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski in the Spanish league, taking him out of the league match against Atlético Madrid on Sunday. He had not been in the squad for the Copa match against Intercity.
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