French striker Antoine Griezmann spared his team Barcelona, an embarrassing scenario that had not happened with him since 2002, after he turned his defection against his third-class host Ibiza into a fatal victory in the last seconds 2-1, qualifying the Blaugrana to the price of the King's Cup final in Spain.
In the absence of Lionel Messi, the Argentine star, by a decision from the new coach, Kiki Sitten, due to the difficult match that awaits the team next Saturday in the league against Valencia, Barcelona suffered two things before a team that was established only five years ago, and almost ended his career at the first barrier for the first time since the 2002 season - 2003, when he fell in the 64th round against Novelda, losing 2-3.
Certainly, Sittin would have preferred a more convincing start as a successor to Ernesto Valverde, because the Catalan team also suffered in its first match led by former coach Real Betis to beat Granada 1-0 last Sunday in the local league with a goal for Messi in the last quarter of an hour.
But the most important thing for Barcelona, which was also missed by Gerard Pique for rest and Sergio Busquets for suspension, that he eventually succeeded in scoring a stoppage time through the star of the meeting Griezmann, overcoming his modest host, and continuing his campaign towards regaining the title won by four consecutive seasons between 2015 and 2018 before To give him up in 2019, with his final loss to Valencia 1-2.
In the absence of Messi and the injury of Frenchman Othmane Dembele and Uruguayan Luis Suarez, who is likely to be absent until the end of the season, the promising 17-year-old, Anso Fate Fate, started a basic match for the second match, led by Sittin, to play alongside Griezmann.
The start of the Catalan club was not ideal, as it found itself lagging behind since the ninth minute, with a goal by Labi Kabale, contrary to the course of the game.
The first half ended with this result, which remained the same, despite Barcelona's real attempts to change it, until the 72nd minute when Griezmann managed to level the score after a perfect pass from Dutchman Frankie de Jong.
The result remained unchanged until the fourth minute of stoppage time when Griezmann also managed to hijack the final price tag following a pass from Jordi Alba.
In the shadow of his league lead by goal difference from his rivals Real Madrid, and continuing his career in the European Champions League where he meets Napoli, Barcelona hopes to win the triple, so the cup competition is very important to him, and he holds her record number thirty titles.