This is not how Barcelona expected their cup match against Intercity from the third division in Spain to go. What was supposed to be a routine victory for the Blaugrana, finally ended in a thriller with seven goals, at the end of which Barca qualified for the round of 16 of the King’s Cup – after quite a bit of blood, sweat and tears. The Spanish media referred to the tough qualification of the Catalans in the King’s Cup.
“Ansu Fati saved Barcelona from a disaster,” wrote the Spanish AS, “the madness ended and in the end – Barcelona survived a thriller against an opponent, who had never-ending souls. Three times Intercity returned to the game and they deserve all the credit for that.”
Marca also commented on the surprising result and mainly criticized the Catalans’ ability: “Barca’s defense simply disappeared in the second half. Jules Conde played in a lazy manner in the aerial battles, the same for Marcos Alonso in the third goal. As soon as Ronald Araujo was replaced, Barca’s defense Completely collapsed.”
“This is the magic of the cup, it happens in this factory,” said Araujo, the scorer of the first goal in the game, “quite a few teams from the first division have already been eliminated. This game will help us learn for the future, I was happy to return after so much time, after a lot of hard work and suffering “.
It is impossible to finish this news without referring to the man who made the lives of the Catalans miserable tonight. Intercity’s midfielder Oriol Soldavila scored all three of his team’s goals in this game, at just 21 years old. A little over two years ago Soldabilla moved to play in Birmingham after finishing his time – in the youth teams of Barcelona. There is no doubt that there is a better way to close a game against your previous team.