Barcelona v Villarreal: Copa del Rey semi-final – as it happened

 

And that’s that! Barcelona have one foot in their 37th final, though Villarreal at least have an away goal, and will be hoping for a magical night at La Madrigal that’d take them to their first.
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2d ago20:55

90 min +3: Now it’s Alves’s turn to race down the left channel, but he can’t quite latch onto a long ball. He was close, though, and he’d have been one on one with Asenjo, albeit from a tight angle.
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2d ago20:54

90 min +2: Messi tries a shot while meandering down the inside-left channel. He doesn’t connect properly.
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2d ago20:53

90 min +1: And they nearly do. Suarez, on the edge of the centre circle, spots Asenjo miles off his line. He decides to shoot, as he does. It’s a fine effort, and has Asenjo beaten, but it floats just wide left of the left-hand post. Nearly a spectacular end to this game. The Barca supporters chant the man’s name again. They’ve made it quite clear tonight that they are appreciative of his talent, despite a slow-ish start at the club.
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2d ago20:51

90 min: There will be four added minutes of this. Villarreal can’t afford to concede again.
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2d ago20:50

89 min: Mario is back on, but he’s hobbling around in the 1950s FA Cup Final style.
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2d ago20:50

87 min: Suarez goes in the book, and this is farcical, preposterous. He’s booked because Musacchio has accidentally stepped on his own man Mario’s leg, as the Villarreal pair moved in on Suarez in a pincer movement. So Suarez has either been fingered for a foul he didn’t commit, or he’s booked for complaining that play wasn’t allowed to continue, the ref having blown up for a “foul”. Either way, Suarez is within his rights to have the funk on. Mind you, most sympathy should go to Mario, who can’t continue. And Villarreal have used up all their subs.
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2d ago20:46

85 min: Vietto makes good down the left again, and curls a cross into the centre. There’s no pace on it, though Giovani does his best to put something into it, 12 yards out, level with the left-hand post. Ter Stegen, who has had a shocker in this second half, isn’t dropping this one, as the ball sails serenely into his cupped gloves.
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2d ago20:45

83 min: Villarreal could be right back in this. Will they live to regret those spurned opportunities, especially the Giovani header?
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2d ago20:44

81 min: Vietto makes good down the inside left, laying off inside for Moi Gomes, who belts a low shot towards the bottom right. Mathieu bravely throws himself in the road, taking one smack on the noggin. Rukavina has another go, picking up the loose ball and cutting in from the right before shooting from the edge of the area. That one’s more conventionally dealt with.

 Source:http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/feb/11/barcelona-v-villarreal-copa-del-rey-semi-final-live