Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3-1 to progress in the Copa del Rey [Best Tweets]

Lionel Messi scored yet another free-kick to send Barcelona through to the Copa del Rey finals. Barcelona had lost the first leg 2-1. but a convincing performance saw them run out 3-1 victors on the day and 4-3 on aggregate.

Luis Suarez opened the scoring on 35 minutes, before Neymar finally broke his goal drought by confidently slotting away a penalty that he won with a lovely piece of skill.

Neymar was widely praised after a brilliant performance, which he capped off by breaking his goalless streak. Despite his drought in front of goal, Barcelona fans have backed him and were once again pleased for the striker.

Lionel Messi was the obvious recipient of some praise, after yet another free-kick ended up sealing passage into the quarter-finals for Barcelona. Messi was brilliant as usual, and along with Neymar was one of the highlights of the game.

Leave Comment

Recommended

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.