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January 23, 2021 MADRID (AFP) – Ronald Koeman criticised his Barcelona players for missing two penalties on Thursday as they needed extra time to end the cup run of third-division side Cornella and reach the Copa del Rey last 16. Goals from Ousmane Dembele and Martin Braithwaite in extra time sealed a 2-0 victory for Barca but only after Miralem Pjanic and Dembele had both failed to score penalties in normal time. Pjanic and Dembele join a list of five Barcelona players to have missed penalties this season, along with Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann and Braithwaite. “I don’t understand ...

Barca misses two penalties but advances past Cornella in Copa Ousmane Dembélé scored early in extra time after missing a penalty late in regulation as Barcelona defeated third-division club Cornellà 2-0 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday. The Canadian Press Ousmane Dembele Agus Medina , The Canadian Press MADRID — Ousmane Dembélé scored early in extra time after missing a penalty late in regulation as Barcelona defeated third-division club Cornellà 2-0 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday. Martin Braithwaite als...

Barça misses 2 penalties but advances past Cornellà in Copa By TALES AZZONIJanuary 21, 2021 GMT MADRID (AP) — Ousmane Dembélé scored early in extra time after missing a penalty late in regulation as Barcelona defeated third-division club Cornellà 2-0 in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday. Martin Braithwaite also scored for Barcelona, which had already seen Miralem Pjanic miss a penalty in the first half. In the Spanish league, Luis Suárez scored twice as leader Atlético Madrid came from behind to defeat Eibar 2-1 and open a seven-point gap to second-place Real Madrid. Ba...

Jan 22, 2021 - 12:35 am By Staff Reporter FC Barcelona claimed a 2-0 victory over Cornella in the Copa Del Rey last 32 on Thursday evening. Captain Lionel Messi was the obvious absentee following his dismissal on Sunday, as Antoine Griezmann led the line with Ilaix Moriba given his first start of the season and Neto in goal. Barca nearly had an early set-back as the host threatened from a corner-kick, but Javier Ontiveros Robles was unable to steer a flick-on from Pol Moreno past Neto. A pin-point save from Leo Ramirez kept Barca at bay on 33 minutes when he parried a powerfu...

Barcelona were taken to extra-time in the Copa del Rey before squeezing through (Joan Monfort/AP) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Barcelona needed extra-time to squeeze past third tier Cornella and avoid the possibility of becoming the second Spanish superpower to be knocked out of the Copa Del Rey in successive days. With rivals Real Madrid crashing out to lower-league opponents 24 hours earlier, Barca missed two pe...