Barcelona advance in Copa del Rey
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Welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley and Xhaka Heslop. Yesterday, we of course saw Real Madrid eliminated in the Copa del Rey. Would the same happen today for Barcelona, who are up against top of the table, top of the Segunda, Racing Santander. In the end, Barca got through, but they were made to work hard It took until the 66th minute for La Liga leaders to make the breakthrough, Ferran Torres continuing his fine form. Racing then had a couple of chances, one in particular, Craig, when it looked like we were two on one, but he made the wrong decision.
Yeah, he went for goal, went for glory, and he had a simple pass just to the right-hand side, which he ignored.
And in the end, it'll be Barca winning 2-0, Luminia-Miles scoring with pretty much the last kick of the game. Let's welcome in more on this, shall we?
How did Barcelona perform in the Copa del Rey against Racing Santander?
Ian Darke is with us, as is Luis Garcia. Luis, in the end, Barca getting through but made hard work of it. Fair enough.
Yeah, they did make hard work. Yeah, I think so. I think why Racing Santander might well be promoted into La Liga next season. I thought they put in a good effort. But as Craig said, what an opportunity. They should have really. A little pass to the right and it's a goal.
What were the key moments in the match that led to Barcelona's victory?
And there were a couple of other incidents, one near the end as well, where they could have equalised. So, yeah, in the end, it looks like a routine win for Barcelona. It wasn't quite a routine win, but, you know, their win streak goes on. Right, go to Ian Dart this time.
LAUGHTER The people want to hear from Ian. Who wants to hear from Luis? Luis, what do you reckon?
No, I agree. I actually agree very much with Ian. I think that it was a tough game for Barcelona. Allowed them to rotate a little bit. It's been quite a few intense games with the Super Cup and El Clasico. So you rotate Rafinha, you rotate Lewandowski, you rotate Pedri. Players who are going to be very needed in the rest of the season. Giving opportunity to young players. who doesn't do the same work, but in the end, it was going through. It was all about that. After what we saw yesterday about Real Madrid being defeated by a team from the second league, the second division here in Spain, today was all about going through. They did the job. They did actually a good work during the 90 minutes, keeping the ball, being dominant.
But in the end, it was all about the same thing. Dada highlighted the problems with the spaces and when Racing de Santander started bringing and committing players forward. And Barcelona started giving opportunities when Ferran Torres scored that goal and then the second one. So it was just about getting the job done and going through to the next round.
Another goal for Ferran Torres, there is of course leading the goal scorers for Barcelona so far this season.
Yeah, definitely. And it was Fermin that also is having a fantastic season, the one who was assisting. It wasn't an easy game for Ferran Torres because there were so many players around him. I think Santander knew about tightening the space into the middle of the pass. He was all the time giving the back to the defence and the goal. And it was one chance that he had in front of the goal and it was clinical. So, once again, Ferran Torres proving to Hansi Flick that he's going to have problems to decide if he's going to be Ferran Torres, the one who is starting at the weekend. or it's going to be Lewandowski who got a few minutes at the end of the game.
Just a reminder then, Barcelona in action this weekend as we bring you all those La Liga games live on ESPN Plus. They're away against Real Sociedad in San Sebastian. Coverage starts at 2.30 Eastern on ESPN Plus.
Hello and welcome to the Estadio Carlos Belmonte. It's the last 16 in the Copa del Rey and we're here for a fascinating tie between second division Almacete and Real Madrid. The visitors of course dispensing with the services of manager Xabi Alonso on Monday afternoon. His good friend and former teammate Alvaro Armaloa being chosen as his successor and just over 24 hours after being presented as the new manager, Armaloa has his first game in charge.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:47
2
How did Barcelona perform in the Copa del Rey against Racing Santander?
0:47–1:09
3
What were the key moments in the match that led to Barcelona's victory?
1:09–15:01
4
What does Real Madrid's elimination from the Copa del Rey mean for the team?
15:01–16:27
5
What are the implications of Xabi Alonso's departure from Real Madrid?
16:27–20:16
6
How is Liam Rosenior's early management at Chelsea being evaluated?
20:16–23:50
7
What strategies are teams using for set-pieces this season?
23:50–39:59
8
What can we expect from the upcoming Manchester Derby?
39:59–1:02:14
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