Football prediction Barça did it again!
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Barcelona qualified for the final of the King`s Cup in the most dramatic way possible. The Catalan grandmaster defeated Sevilla 3-0 after extra time and will argue for the trophy with the final winner of the other semifinal pair, in which rivals are Levante and Athletic Bilbao. Barca needed a lot of effort to turn things around after losing the first game of `Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan` with 0:2. Ousmane Dembele gave a perfect start to the `Blaugranas` with a goal in the 12th minute, and Gerard Pique sent the match prediction by livescore soccer in overtime with a goal literally in the last seconds of added time. The visitors from Sevilla missed their golden chance in the 73rd minute when they received a penalty, but Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved the shot of Lucas Ocampos. Shortly before Pique`s goal, Fernando received a red card and the Andalusians remained in a reduced squad for overtime. In the 95th minute, the reserve Martin Brightway scored for 3-0 and despite the uncertainty until the end, Barca achieved its goal and came one step closer to the trophy. The whole way of the Catalans to the final passed under the sign of dramatic denouements. In the 1/16 finals, the team eliminated the modest Corneia after extra time, in the quarterfinals made a late turn against Rayo Vallecano, and in the quarterfinals eliminated Granada with 5:3, again after extra time.
Sevilla will be very sorry for their relegation, because the final will take place at the Andalusian stadium. The coach of `Los Coules` again bet on a scheme with three defenders - Oscar Mingesa, Gerard Pique and Clement Langle. Serginho Dest and Jordi Alba played on both flanks, Sergio Busquets, Frankie de Jong and Pedri acted in the middle of the field, and Ousmane Dembele helped Lionel Messi in front positions.
Antoine Griezmann started on the bench in the third consecutive game, although the Frenchman has 5 goals in the tournament this season. Trinkao was not a starter either. Sevilla came out with three offensive players in the person of Suso, Yousef En-Nesiri and Luc de Jong. In the middle of the field Lopetegui trusted Joan Jordan, Oliver Torres and Fernando, and the defenders in front of Tomasz Vaclik were Aleis Vidal, Jules Conde, Diogo Carlos and Marcos Acuna.
Former Barcelona players Ivan Rakitic and Munir El Hadadi have started on the bench. Among the reserves were Jesus Navas, Lucas Ocampos and Nemanja Gudel. Barca is the most successful club in the competition with 30 cups and has played the most finals - already 42. Curiously, the last time the Blaugranas advanced to the King`s Cup after losing the first game, was again against Sevilla. In the quarter-finals in 2019, the Andalusians won at home with 2:0, but in the rematch they were defeated with 1:6.
Overall, Barca are in a 16-match unbeaten run at the Camp Nou against Sevilla (14 wins and 2 draws). Statistics show that Ronald Koeman has never been eliminated in the tournament in home exchange matches. In 2008, the Dutch specialist lifted the trophy to lead Valencia. Barca started quite aggressively in the opening minutes and several times created tension in the penalty area of Sevilla. Dembele could find the result, but shot high over the door. Sergio Busquets also tested Vaclik`s reflex after a long combination of Barcelona Barça did it again! Football prediction - more details and information: Football prediction
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