Barcelona vs Real Betis, Copa del Rey: Match Thread, Live Updates

FULL-TIME, Barcelona 5-1 Betis: Barça advance to the quarter-finals thanks to a brilliant performance and a dominant victory, with amazing attacking football and some beautiful goals to comfortably beat Betis and move on to the Last Eight. Well done, boys!!!
84’ GOAL, Barcelona 5-1 Betis (Roque pen): Vitor Roque steps to the spot and barely finds a way past Iñaki Peña, but the Brazilian does score against his parent club to give Betis some consolation.
83’ PENALTY TO BETIS: Jesús Rodríguez goes down in the box under the challenge of Kounde and the referee points to the spot. Pretty easy decision with this one.
75’ GOAL!!! Barcelona 5-0 Betis (Yamal): IT’S FIVE!!!! Yamal finally has his goal as he’s played through by Fermín López and fires it past Fran Vieites. The goal was initially disallowed by offside, but VAR has a look and gives the green light for the celebrations!
67’ GOAL!!! Barcelona 4-0 Betis (Ferran): IT’S FOUR!!! Barça wrap up the win as Dani Olmo gets another assist with a beautiful pass over the top to find Ferran Torres, who fires a beauty into the bottom corner!!
58’ GOAL!!!!!! Barcelona 3-0 Betis (Raphinha): Disallow this one, VAR! Yamal wins the ball back in his own half and goes on a solo counter-attack, and after his shot is blocked the rebound falls to Raphinha who fires it home!!!
57’ GOAL DISALLOWED: VAR steps in again and rules the goal out for an offside on Yamal at the very start of the move.
55’ GOAL!!! Barcelona 3-0 Betis (Yamal): BARÇA TRIPLE THE LEAD!!! Frenkie de Jong plays a brilliant pass over the top and Lamine Yamal volleys a beauty into the net with his right foot!
SECOND HALF KICKOFF! Barcelona 2-0 Betis: Back underway in Montjuïc!
HALFTIME, Barcelona 2-0 Betis: A dominant first half for the home team, who lead by two goals but could have easily scored three or four more based on the quality of their attacking play and the amount of chances they created. But Betis are still in it and will be more aggressive trying to keep their Cup hopes alive, so Barça must maintain their level to secure the win in the final period.
45+5’ GOAL DISALLOWED: Jules Kounde scores a sensational goal off the crossbar to triple Barça’s lead, but VAR steps in and rules out the strike for offside.
27’ GOAL!!! Barcelona 2-0 Betis (Kounde): BARÇA DOUBLE THE LEAD!!! Lamine Yamal plays a gorgeous pass over the top to find the run of Jules Kounde, and the Frenchman fires a rocket into the net!!!
3’ GOAL!!! Barcelona 1-0 Betis (Gavi): BARÇA TAKE THE EARLY LEAD!!! A beautiful passing combination in tight spaces down the left wing ends with an assist by Dani Olmo and a gorgeous finish from Gavi!!!
KICKOFF! Barcelona 0-0 Betis: And we’re underway in Montjuïc!
WELCOME TO THE MONTJUÏC OLYMPIC STADIUM!!! The beautiful temporary home of the world’s greatest football club in the capital of Catalonia is the site of a huge Copa del Rey Round of 16 clash between visitors Real Betis and Barcelona, who come into this one looking to keep up the momentum fresh off their amazing Spanish Super Cup victory in Saudi Arabia. But it won’t be easy against a Betis side that always gives Barça huge issues, including in their wild La Liga clash last month. This should be all kinds of fun, and you’re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!
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LINEUPS
BARCELONA
Starting XI: Peña; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Martín; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Olmo (4-2-3-1)
Substitutes: Astralaga (GK), Kochen (GK), Eric, Fort, Balde, Casadó, Torre, Fermín, Ferran, Víctor, Lewandowski
REAL BETIS
Starting XI: Vieites; Ruibal, Bartra, Natan, Perraud; Johnny, Altimira; Rodríguez, Isco, Juanmi; Roque (4-2-3-1)
Substitutes: Adrián (GK), Germán (GK), Llorente, Ez Abde, Bakambu, Rodriguez, Fornals, Losada, Sabaly, Flores
MATCH INFO
Competition/Round: 2024-25 Copa del Rey, Round of 16
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Thursday)
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Montjuïc, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
VAR: Daniel Jesús Trujillo Suárez
HOW TO WATCH
On TV: Startimes Sports Premium (Nigeria), others
Online: ESPN+ (USA), FanCode (India), Movistar+ (Spain), others
Matchday Thread Rules
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Even if the referee sucks or we lose the game, watch the swearing. It’s just unnecessary. Also, don’t discuss illegal streaming links. Those who do it will be warned, and those who post links will be instantly banned. Finally, be nice to each other. This is a Barcelona community and we don’t need to offend one another.
Have fun with the game! Forever and ever, no matter the competition, VISCA EL BARÇA!