Stoppage-time goal helps bounce Barcelona
08 February, 2020
Record 30-time winner Barcelona was sent crashing out of the Spanish King’s Cup after a 1-0 loss at Athletic Bilbao on Thursday after an Inaki Williams stoppage-time header.
Spanish striker Williams glanced a cross into the bottom corner to spark jubilant scenes at a rocking San Mames stadium and recalled Aritz Aduriz’s added-time goal in Athletic’s 1-0 home win over Barca on the first day of the Liga season.
It joins Real Sociedad, Granada and second-tier Mirandes in Friday’s semifinal draw, which will not include Real Madrid, Barca or Atletico Madrid for the first time in 17 years.
The loss heaped more misery on Barca in a tough week for the Catalans in which captain Lionel Messi spoke out against sporting director Eric Abidal and forward Ousmane Dembele was lost for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury.
Barca defender Gerard Pique said the team needed to show unity and refrain from infighting, adding that the performance, if not the result, proved it had moved on from the saga.
Source: the-japan-news.com
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