Dembélé leads Barça to the semifinals against an inferior Real

• Copa del Rey Quarterfinal Results

Ousmane Dembélé

marked the differences.

In perhaps his best game as a Barça player, the Frenchman was decisive in giving Barça a place in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey who, once again, failed to transform his good play into more than one goal.

La Real, despite being diminished by the expulsion of

, never gave up and ended up falling with all the honors

.

The first part was highly entertaining, even though neither of the two rivals managed to break the equality on the scoreboard.

After a good start by Real, in which they even discussed possession, it was the Catalans who would practically start an offensive monologue that had its great protagonist in Dembélé.

At least for once he broke that trend that leads him to decide correctly on one out of five occasions and stood out as a true stiletto starting from the band to look for the shot or find an arrival from the second line.

On the other hand,

did score, although his goal would ultimately be annulled due to a very clear offside by a

who simply did not have time to move away after the Pole's shot.

The ex of Bayern had the occasional exchange of words with a tremendously permissive

with contacts.

But who would end up most unhinged by the referee's decisions would be a

whose expulsion would largely mark the future of the night.

At the request of the VAR

The midfielder, after complaining about a blow to the face of the Barça tip, apparently decided to take the law into his own hands with a struggle with Pedri, a strong tackle on Lewandowski himself and an action that was at least orange against

, initially punished with a yellow by the referee and finally rectified with a direct red at the request of the VAR.

Long before, Real Sociedad had put fear in Barça's body seriously with a whiplash from

that crashed into the crossbar and left Ter Stegen trembling.

The scare gripped the Catalans for a few moments, who would end up reuniting with their best version at the end of the first half, after the expulsion, to once again threaten Remiro's domain.

Especially with a surprising arrival of a

who, after scrambling like a striker after assistance from, of course, Dembélé, sent the shot out of him while

, better placed, even raised his hands to his face for the wasted option.

Sorloth's Great Chance

Dembélé, who else would be in charge of breaking Real's resistance in the first minutes of the second half.

The winger, with a devilish change of speed after a pass behind Koundé's rival defense, entered the rival area and launched a tremendous whiplash at the near post that caught Remiro by surprise.

The people from San Sebastian, despite the blow, did not give up trying to tickle Barça.

and Kubo stood out, but it was

who spoiled the best chance for the tie with a shot on goal that missed over the crossbar.

After the scare, once again, Barça took the pulse of the game back.

Again, betting above all on Dembélé.

, at the center of the Frenchman, would also send a shot to the crossbar, less violent than Kubo's.

The Catalans redoubled their efforts.

They even asked for a penalty for a hand, not granted by the referee when he understood that it was the support one.

The Barça bullying continued against a Real that was physically melted down at the end, but that still came close to drawing after a mistake and correction by Ter Stegen.

La Real was finally left without a prize, but partly tarnished the benefits of Barcelona.

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