Paris (AFP)
FC Barcelona hardly qualified for the knockout stages of the Spanish Cup on Wednesday, winning 2-1 on the ground of 3rd division club UD Ibiza, thanks to a double from Antoine Griezmann. .
Without Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Gerard Piqué, left to rest by coach Quique Setien, the Catalan team, which did not shoot in the first period, conceded the opening of the score to the locals through by Javier Perez Mateo from the 9th minute.
Griezmann equalized in the 72nd minute for Barça, who won the trophy 30 times, before the French international striker gave the Catalans a definitive advantage with a second goal in the second period stoppages (90 4).
Real rival of the Barcelonians, Real Madrid moves Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. GMT) in the Spanish Cup on the lawn of Unionistas Salamanca, also a boarder of the 3rd division.
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