Barcelona needs extra time to advance past Intercity in Copa
Barcelona's Ferran Torres, center, shoots the ball past Intercity's goalkeeper Gaizka Campos, left, during a Spanish Copa del Rey round of 16 soccer match between Intercity and Barcelona at the Ricardo Perez stadium in Alicante, Spain, Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Alberto Saiz]
MADRID (AP) — Barcelona struggled to advance in its Copa del Rey debut and needed extra time to defeat third-division club Intercity 4-3. Ansu Fati scored the winning goal for Barcelona in the 104th minute after the Catalan club relinquished a lead three times in the 3-3 draw in regulation. Oriol Solde scored a hat trick for the hosts in the city of Alicante in southeastern Spain. Barcelona scored with Ronald Araújo in the fourth minute, Ousmane Dembélé in the 66th and Raphinha in the 77th. Solde scored in the 59th, 74th and 86th minutes.
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Barcelona's Ferran Torres, left, shoots the ball past Intercity's Martin Bellotti during a Spanish Copa del Rey round of 16 soccer match between Intercity and Barcelona at the Ricardo Perez stadium in Alicante, Spain, Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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Barcelona's Memphis Depay, left, challenges for the ball with Intercity's Miguel Mari during a Spanish Copa del Rey round of 16 soccer match between Intercity and Barcelona at the Ricardo Perez stadium in Alicante, Spain, Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
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