"Remontada" saves Barcelona in the Cup ... and Griezmann shines

Barcelona achieved a new "Remontada" that saved it from a resounding exit from the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup in football by turning the table at its host Granada, turning it late with two clean goals to a 5-3 win after the extension yesterday, to catch up with Levante the winner over Villarreal 1-0 after the extension as well.

The match witnessed a remarkable brilliance for Griezmann, as he scored a brace from the Five Al Barsa.

Barcelona and Levante joined Seville, who had booked his card by beating his second-tier Almeria 1-0 Tuesday, while the quarter-final matches ended Thursday with Real Betis and Athletic Bilbao.

In the first game, Granada was on his way to the semi-finals after advancing until the 88th minute with two clean goals scored by Brazilian Kennedy (33) and veteran Roberto Soldado (47), before the Catalan team scored two goals by the home goalkeeper Aaron Escondale by mistake in his own goal ( 88) and defender Jordi Alba (90 + 2), imposing the appeal to two additional halves in which the word was for the guests who scored three goals through Griezmann in the 100th minute, then Jordi Alba 113, as well as Frankie de Young 108, while Granada scored a goal in the 103rd minute through Fedo Fico.

Granada goalkeeper Aaron Escondale imposed himself as a star by addressing a huge number of shots, while Argentine star Lionel Messi emerged with his moves that confused the opponent's defense, and despite his failure to score, he passed two decisive balls to French striker Antoine Griezmann and Jordi Alba.

Barcelona hard-won the quarter-finals by defeating Rayo Vallecano of the third division 2-1 in the final price.

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