The positive draw wrote the final word on the match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which took place yesterday evening, Tuesday, as part of the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals for the current 2024-2025 season.
Barcelona vs. Atlético Madrid
The match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid ended with a score of 4-4, bringing the two teams together at the Luis Companis Olympic Stadium. The first half of the match saw a lot of excitement, with Atletico Madrid scoring two goals through Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann in the first and sixth minutes of the first half.
Barcelona, as usual for the greats, managed to come back into the match; Pedri Gonzalez and the young defender Pau Cubarsí scored two consecutive goals in the 19th and 21st minutes, respectively.
In the 43rd minute, Iñigo Martínez succeeded in scoring Barcelona’s third goal, while the big star Robert Lewandowski, who came on at the beginning of the second half, doubled the score with a fourth goal for Barça in the match against Atlético Madrid in the 74th minute.
Barcelona’s joy was short-lived; Marcos Llorente reduced the deficit for Atlético Madrid in the 84th minute, and in the dying moments of the match, in the 94th minute, substitute Alexander Sørloth scored the equalizer for Atlético, ending the match between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid with a score of 4-4.
The decisive match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is postponed to the return leg, which will take place on April 2, 2025, expected to be the fourth day of Eid al-Fitr.
The Barcelona team had qualified for the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after defeating Valencia with a five-goal clean sheet, while Atlético Madrid qualified after winning against Getafe with a five-goal clean sheet as well.
