Getafe CF vs FC Barcelona: Through to the Spanish Cup quarter-finals (0-2)

Barcelona (FCB).- Everything indicated that the 4-0 from the first leg would make for a relatively placid second leg this evening at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, but that wasn’t the case as the fans were treated to a fairly intense match. Messi scored a brace, Xavi featured in his 700^th official match for the team and Neymar picked up an injury.

Barça dominate

Barça played a fairly practical game against Getafe. At the start, the Blaugrana controlled the flow of play through possession, and they managed to threaten Codina’s goal thanks to the Neymar-Messi partnership. In the first half, Getafe also had their chances to score, but Pinto was up to the task of denying the home team.

Neymar gets injured

On 22 minutes the Barça players froze when Neymar, who had just crossed the ball into the area, clutched his leg in pain. At first it looked as though the player had seriously injured his knee, but Barça’s medical team concluded that he had sprained his right ankle.

Barça score, #Xavi700

Right before the break, on 43 minutes, Leo Messi fired Barça ahead after a good cross from Tello. The Argentinean didn’t end there, in the second half (63^rd minute) he took four defenders, beat them, rounded the keeper and scored a classic goal that only he can score.

Another player that deserves mention is Xavi Hernández. The midfielder was subbed on in the 70^th minute, thus taking his tally of games played for FC Barcelona to 700.