Classification The results of the round of 32
The modest ones seem to be determined to find their Cup heroes in the goalkeepers.
José Juan was decisive for Madrid to fall to Alcoyano.
And Ramón, one of Cornellà's heroes in the elimination of Atlético, also gave everything against a barça barça against whom he signed great interventions and saved him two penalties.
Doubting until the last moment due to a head injury, he played armed with a helmet, a la Petr Cech.
His saves were worth the extra time and lengthened a dream that Dembélé, in the end, would break with a shoe that would almost slip through the squad.
Braithwaite, on the last breath, only gave the tip.
Ronald Koeman reserved many of his usual pieces to give minutes to players who count very little in his plans.
And, incidentally, to promote the debut of an Ilaix Moriba who enjoys a very good reputation in the Barça youth academy.
Cornellà, with some casualties compared to the team that managed to surprise Atlético a couple of weeks ago, but with the same solidarity attitude and confidence in their strength, managed to make the Catalans terribly uncomfortable throughout the first 45 minutes and dangerously approach the goal defended this time by Neto.
Guillermo Romo was very clear that strategy was the best way to hurt a Barça that had already exposed its deficiencies in this regard again in the Super Cup final against Athletic.
And their players tried to take advantage of each set piece to put fear in the body of a Barça warned by the disasters already carried out by Atlético and Real Madrid.
The locals, however, despite their attempts, failed to send the ball between the three sticks.
The clearest option, in this case, would be a Miralem Pjanic who missed the penalty forced by courage when going to Araujo's shot.
Ramón, however, guessed the direction of the Bosnian's shot and ended up blocking the ball.
Until then, Barça would have been terribly uncomfortable on the pitch.
Riqui Puig, one of the great hopes of the Barcelona midfield player, was both willful and unsuccessful.
And the same can be said of a Junior Firpo who did not know how to hit the key with the ball at his feet and an Antoine Griezmann unable to pull gallons.
Ilaix Moriba, meanwhile, played with sparks, although some of the clearest options for the Catalans were gestated from his boots.
Nothing, however, could prevent the duel from reaching the break with an immovable 0-0.
Barça improved their image somewhat with the entry of Dembélé.
The Catalans put a fence around the rival area and had a great chance in a strategy action by Pjanic that Griezmann sent over the crossbar.
A prompt answered quickly, and twice, by a Cornellà who put Neto to the test through Medina, in the first distance, and who immediately saw how Eloy's shot was lost by the bottom line.
Little by little, Cornellà returned to scare a Barça that had its best news in the solidity of Araujo.
In attack, after the arreón, the torpor returned.
The Catalans moved the ball quickly or were looking for one on one.
The great option, again, would come from a penalty.
In this case, about Lenglet.
Dembélé took responsibility, but his shot, centered, crashed into a Ramón who held the guy without moving.
He would do much more, two minutes from the end, to send a shot from Pjanic to corner and, ultimately, send the game into extra time.
An extra time in which the Barça fans, with goals from Dembélé, as soon as they started, and Braithwaite, at the end, at the last gasp and with his rival with one man less, broke Cornellà's dream.
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