Barcelona advance to the final of the Copa del Rey with 5-1 to Real Betis

El Barcelona did not take the accelerator after their crushing victory over Real Madrid in the final of the Supercopa de España and vapuleó on Wednesday 5-1 to Betis in the octavos of the final of the Copa del Rey.

Gavi and Jules Koundé scored a goal each in the first half hour, while Raphinha, Ferrán Torres and Lamine Yamal increased the advantage in the second half to install the Catalan club in the final quarters.

It was the fourth consecutive victory in 2025 for Barça, which on Sunday defeated Madrid 5-2 in Saudi Arabia to lift the Supercopa.

“Queríamos mantener el impulso de la Supercopa aquí en casa… We’ve enjoyed it, we’ve played it well,” said Azul defender Pau Cubarsí. “Tenemos que seguir así y no sacar el pie del acelerador. Era una eliminatoria y teníamos que ganar”.

El Barcelona’s last party was in 2024, before we started with Barbastro, a Copa del Rey, and before Athletic Bilbao and Madrid and the Supercopa.

“El partido ha salido muy bien, como teníamos que hacerlo”, highlighted the volante azulgrana Gavi. “Las ultimas derotras no las merecimos”.

The midfield player Dani Olmo, inscrito agónicamente tras una larga battle entre el Barça, la Liga española y la Federación de España due to the fact that the club no pudo cumplir con un plazo para cumplir el fairplay primero, participó en la jugada de Gagoli in the third minute en El Estadio Montjuic.

Yamal dio el pase for el gol de Koundé on 27 minutes.

Koundé thought that he had increased the advantage in the discount period of the first half, but that was due to the VAR due to a position advanced. A Yamal also conceded a goal outside the game at the beginning of the match.

Barcelona’s third goal finally counted when Raphinha found the net and counterattacked in the 58th minute. Torres marked the quarter with a remate dentro del área a los 67, pocos minutos después de ingresor a la cancha, y Yamal puto cifras definitive a los 75 tras una gallopada.

Vitor Roque marcó el único gol del Betis converted a penalty in the 84th.

El Atlético sigue ganando

Despite the absence of several headliners, Atlético de Madrid 4-0 to Elche de la segunda división to extend their winning streak to 15.

The club has never won more than 13 matches in all competitions.

Alexander Sorloth ended with a short distance to a second minute and a penalty on 29 minutes. Rodrigo Riquelme marked the third from a long distance in the 61st, and the Argentine Julián Álvarez made the fourth in the 75th.

Elche jugó con un hombre menos desde los 50 después de que Nicolás Fernández fuera expulsado por doble amonestación.

Other results

Álvaro Rodríguez scored two minutes after the start of the match for Getafe to defeat Pontevedra 1-0 in the fourth division.

Los visitors jugaron con un hombre menos desde los 41 después de que se mostrara una tarjeta roja directa a Rodríguez.

Diego García’s goal in the 86th minute gave Leganés a 3-2 victory over Almería in the second division.

In the last eight games of the final or jueves, campeón’s defender Athletic Bilbao will receive an Osasuna and Real Madrid’s local game against Celta de Vigo.

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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a tool for artificial generative intelligence.