The party began with difficulties for the FC Barcelona to move the balloon. The rain on the stadium of Cornellà-The Prat unchained in a lawn encharcado that did very complicated the circulation of ball. This was taken advantage of by the group blanquiazul for presionar very up the exit of ball of the men of Ernesto Valverde, that could not move the balloon to the usual speed. 

The Barcelona team also noticed the absences of men so basic like Leo Messi, Ivan Rakitic or Jordi Alba, doing that all went something more predictable. In the initial phase of party Luis Suárez was the only that attained incomodar the goal of Diego López with a finish crossed in the vertex of the small area after a big pass of Alcácer.

When it still had not arrived to the half hour of game, Philippe Coutinho starred a 'zambombazo' brutal from out of the area that crashed against the stick of the goal of the RCD Espanyol, rebounding against the floor and going out sacked the ball. It was without place to doubts the clearest occasion of the FC Barcelona in all the first time.

The Espanyol neither generated too danger before the rest. His aggressive pressure to the exit of balloon propició some recovery that loomed the goal of Ter Stegen. The opportunity of more danger of the team 'parakeet' was a played individual of Leo Baptistao, that outlined and shot to the short stick, causing the intervention of the cancerbero German.

Gerard Moreno marks, Gerard Hammered answers

The second part began the same of positional that the first. With the step of the minutes, the rain did mella on the lawn of Cornellà-The-Prat and the field, to each minute that happened, was more impassable. The puddles facilitated the task of the Espanyol, that retreated in the pressure and shut in his field to brake the tackled Barcelona.

The first big occasion of the second time went back to go to charge of Luis Suárez. Philippe Coutinho went back to give samples of his quality inventing a pass of spoon for the Uruguayan, that finished with the left leg, although something escorado, what did that Diego López stopped the shot of the forward culé.

Nevertheless, it went the Espanyol the team that achieved to break the equalised. Sergio García invented a centre milimetrado to the heart of the area that Gerard Moreno commissioned to finish at the end of the meshes. The team espanyolista played well his arms since, with a field encharcado, opted for attacking with aerial game.

However, the Barça did not surrender and paid to the Espanyol with his same medicine. Gerard Hammered, that had been booed by the fans of the Espanyol during all the party, cabeceó at the end of the meshes a service of Leo Messi. The central Catalan celebrated the goal in style, commanding to callar to the terracing of the stadium of Cornellà-The Prat. The party did not give for more, finishing in tie.

Technical index card of the party: Espanyol-FC Barcelona 1-1

Espanyol: Diego López; Marc Navarro (Javi López, min. 76), David López, Naldo, Aarón; Granary, Víctor Sánchez, Darder; Baptistao, Gerard, Jury (Sergio García, min. 61).

FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo (Sergi Roberto, min. 59), Hammered, Umtiti, Digne (Alba, min. 75); Busquets, Iniesta, Paulinho, Coutinho; Suárez and Alcácer (Messi, min. 59).

Goals of the party: 1-0, Gerard (min. 66). 1-1, I Hammered (min. 83).

Referee: Gil Manzano. 

Incidences: corresponding Party to the vigesimosegunda day of League Santander.

News stood out of the Espanyol-FC Barcelona 1-1

Next party: Valencia-FC Barcelona (turn of semifinals of the Glass of Rey).