Liceo 3-2 Barça: The cup escapes

It wasn't to be. Barça lost the Copa del Rey final to Liceo 3-2 in an intense battle from beginning to end.

Thanks to some solid play from the goalkeepers of both teams, goals were not forthcoming in the first half.

Fleeting

Jordi Adroher and César Carballeira quickly gave the hosts a 2-0 advantage in the second half, before Matias Pascual halved the deficit a minute later.

Ignacio Alabart gave the visitors hope as he drew the Blaugranes level, but the joy was fleeting.

Another direct free-kick, Jordi Adroher's second of the game, ended the match as a contest and meant the Galicians took the Copa del Rey title.

MATCH DETAILS

Liceo, 3
Barça, 2

Liceo: Carles Grau, Dava Torres, Franco Platero, César Carballeira and Roberto Di Benedetto -starters- Maximiliano Oruste, Jordi Adroher and Marc Grau
Barça: Aitor Egurrola, Pau Bargalló, Sergi Panadero, Helder Nunes and João Rodrigues -starters- Matias Pascual, Ignacio Alabart, Nil Roca and Pablo Álvarez 

Goals: 1-0, Jordi Adroher (falta directa) (min. 32); 2-0, César Carballeira (min. 35); 2-1, Matias Pascual (min. 36); 2-2, Ignacio Alabart (min. 42); 3-2, Jordi Adroher (min. 44)

Officials: Rubén Fernández and Iván González. Blue card for João Rodrigues