Intercity 3-4 Barcelona (aet): Spanish giants overcome scare to beat third-tier side

Publish date: 2024-01-18

Barcelona survived a scare in the Copa del Rey as Ansu Fati scored in extra-time to secure victory against Spanish third-tier side Intercity.

Oriol Soldevila, released by Birmingham City last summer, threatened to upset the La Liga giants with a hat-trick.

He first cancelled out Ronald Araujo's early opener before equalising again after Ousmane Dembele restored Barcelona's lead.

Raphinha struck in the 77th minute but Soldevila scored again soon after.

That took the game to extra time, where Fati's deflected finish sent Barcelona into the last 16.

"It was the magic of the cup," Araujo told Movistar.

"It will serve us to learn from, the cup is like this, we know that."

Line-ups

Intercity Sant Joan d'Alacant

Formation 5-4-1

13Campos

2Jaime14Soriano15Pérez Durán16Gálvez19Romero

18Soldevila Puig5Bellotti11Roigé8Marí

23Piñan

Substitutes

Barcelona

Formation 4-3-3

13Peña Sotorres

2Bellerín4Araújo23Koundé18Alba

19Kessie5Busquets32Torre

7Dembélé11F Torres14Depay

Substitutes

Referee:Valentín Pizarro Gómez

Attendance:26,000

Match Stats

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