The Barça has imposed to the Athletic of Madrid 1-0 and will arrive to the Calderón with advantage in the eliminatory. A solitary goal of Messi, after taking advantage of the refuse of a penalti, has served to the Barcelona to achieve a valuable result in a party of maximum tension

Barcelona-Athletic 1-0 - Video summary and goals of the party

A goal of Messi to four minutes of the end has tumbado to a defensive Athletic in the gone of the quarter-finals of the Glass of the King in a very intense duel in the Camp Nou and allows to the Barça face the turn in the Calderón with a minimum but valuable advantage. Luis Enrique has repeated the same eleven headline of the last two parties of League with the only change of Ter Stegen by Bravo in the goal. In a first very intense and physical part, the Barça has begun dominating and harassing to an Athletic with a lot of problems to go out of his area. After a good combination between Alves and Messi, Neymar has given the first warning of danger with a shot adjusted that Oblak has been able to divert. The Barcelona siege has followed thanks to a Messi electrical and participatory again hit to the right band.

But, unlike the recent party of League between these two same teams, the Barça has not achieved to mark before the first chamber of hour and little by little the Athletic has shaken of on the offensive pressure of the Barcelona. The team of the "Cholo" Simeone, very orderly defensivamente, has pulled lines and has begun to see more than near the goal of Ter Stegen.

The good initial game of the Barça has gone diluting and the Athletic has found increasingly comfortable on the lawn of the Camp Nou. Burn Turan has tested fortune with a shot from the frontal that Ter Stegen stopped without problems and Torres and Griezmann have begun to find spaces to explode his speed to the against.

With the increasingly equalised strengths, only some genialidad individual could decant the scales. Precisely an assistance genial of Rakitic has finish in the feet of Luis Suárez, that with everything in favour to mark wasted an occasion inmejorable with a finish to the clouds. And before the rest, Hammered has cut of form providencial one against very dangerous of Torres and Griezmann.

Messi decants the scales


Simeone Has moved piece when beginning the second half with a change. Mandzukic Has gone in by Torres, that by second consecutive party has left of the Camp Nou without marking. The Barça has followed carrying the initiative, but the rhythm every time has been slower and tedious and the opportunities of danger have escaseado by the two edicts.

Only the apparitions of Messi have served to break the monotony of an increasingly dense duel. With the Athletic increasingly enclosed, the Barça has been imprecise and unable to surpass the cobweb of a rival inofensivo. The Barcelona have finish losing the nerves with the referee González González and Luis Suárez and Mascherano have seen two yellow cards for protesting.

With the nerves on the surface, in the minute 83, Juanfran has committed a penalti so clear like innocent on Sergio Busquets. Messi has kicked the maximum penalty, Oblak has diverted the balloon, but the own Messi has collected the refuse in short of the goalkeeper esloveno to do a goal that can cost his weight in gold. With this decisive target, the Athletic already is the victim preferred of the crack Argentinian, that adds 22 targets against the "colchoneros". Even the Barça still has been able to do the second but Messi has hammered a dangerous fault above the crossbar.

Technical index card of the Barcelona vs Athletic 1-0

FC Barcelona, 1: Ter Stegen; Alves, Hammered, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Rakitic (Xavi, 76'), Iniesta (c) (Bartra, 87'); Messi, Suárez and Neymar.

Athletic of Madrid, 0: Oblak; Juanfran, Godín, Miranda, Siqueira; Mario, Gabi (c) (Raúl Giménez 87'), Koke, Burn; Griezmann (Raúl García, 65') and Fernando Torres (Mandzukic, 46').

Goals of the party: 1-0, Min. 84, Messi. Penalti Of Juanfran on Busquets that launches Messi. Oblak Refuses in first instance but the balloon falls him to Messi that remacha to the network.
Referee: José Luis González González (Spanish Committee-Leonese). Assisted in the bands by José M. Sánchez Santos (Spanish Committee-Leonese) and Jon Núñez Fernández (Basque Committee). Fourth referee, Fernando Román Román (Spanish Committee-Leonese). Yellow cards to Juanfran (45') by a patada to Neymar; to Luis Suárez (78') for protesting an action; to Mascherano (80') for protesting an action; to Raúl García (82') for advancing in the barrier; to Gabi (87') for protesting; and to Godín (90 1) by a fault on Messi.
Incidences: Camp Nou, 62.225 viewers. In the prolegómenos, saved a minute of silence in memory of Jaume Descals Sanmartí, recently died and that had the condition of partner number 1 of the FC Barcelona.

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