Yamal 9, Araujo 8.5 | Albacete 1-2 Barcelona: Player Ratings

Barcelona took on the giant-killers Albacete on Tuesday evening of their Copa del Rey qualifier, lastly dismantling the crew that had eradicated each Celta Vigo and Actual Madrid from the competitors.

The Catalans have been dominant from the get-go on the evening, sustaining dominance in possession and creating the higher probabilities at Carlos Belmonte.

Lamine Yamal handed them the lead within the first half, placing strain on Albacete, and it was Ronald Araujo who scored the crew’s second objective to place them clear. The hosts mounted strain with a late objective, however Barcelona noticed the sport by way of.

The win over Albacete sees the Catalans by way of to the semifinals of the competitors and simply two steps away from defending their title and securing their second title of the season.

Barça Common brings you the participant scores from Albacete 1-2 Lamine Yamal.

John Garcia: 7

The Blaugrana goalkeeper had a comparatively silent sport and was solely known as into motion on uncommon events for comparatively simple saves. Was convincing and correct along with his distribution. Not a lot he might do to disclaim Albacete’s opener.

Gerard Martin: 8

Martin began instead of Alejandro Balde at right-back and did an excellent job enjoying within the place. He didn’t enterprise ahead a lot provided that Marcus Rashford did that job, however he linked with the Englishman and had an excellent sport defensively.

His distribution, at instances, was fabulous threading balls to the ultimate third and enjoying out from the left facet. Made an important clearance off the road within the dying minutes.

Eric Garcia: 7.5

The participant began at centre-back towards Albacete and led Barcelona’s defence along with his composure and ball-playing abilities.

Was not threatened an excessive amount of, however did nicely to carry off the Albacete assault and convert defence into assault.

Ronald Araujo: 8.5

Making his first begin since his psychological well being hiatus, Araujo had a strong sport at centre-back. His distribution was questionable at instances, however his tempo added one thing the crew’s defence has lacked in current instances.

The captain tracked again and held off Albacete’s assaults down the correct facet single-handedly every now and then, even displaying improved decision-making in 1v1 situations.

Scored Barcelona’s second objective on the evening with a robust header off a nook supply by Marcus Rashford, wrapping up a particular evening for him.

Joao Cancelo: 6

Cancelo began at right-back on the evening however left the sector with a comparatively underwhelming efficiency.

Took a reserving early within the evening and performed with warning for the better half, even coming near a second sanction at one level. Nonetheless appeared rusty along with his decision-making, reference to teammates and defensive interceptions.

Marc Bernal: 8

Beginning for Barcelona after a comparatively very long time, Bernal confirmed nice composure, distribution and game-reading to significantly elevate the crew’s midfield dominance.

His capacity to generate a pause on the ball, manoeuvre previous defenders, maintain the sport flowing and transition to assault helped Barcelona partially tide over the hole left by Pedri’s damage. He additionally labored nicely with Frenkie de Jong to dominate the division.

Frenkie de Jong: 8

The captain continued his nice run of type, serving to Barcelona simply management the sport and dictate its tempo on the evening.

With Bernal staying barely deeper within the pivot, he was handed some freedom to enterprise ahead in assault and took on the decisive passes, and finally earned the help for Lamine Yamal’s opener.

Dani Olmo: 7

Olmo dished out a combined efficiency on the evening, combining fabulously with Yamal as soon as once more and producing menace along with his runs into the field. Concurrently, he might have had a few targets to his title within the opening interval however couldn’t fairly management the ball adequately.

Lamin Yamal: 9

The teenage sensation was but once more Barcelona’s finest participant on the evening, single-handedly creating the majority of their attacking probabilities and openings. Ought to have had no less than two assists within the first interval alone, however the likes of Olmo and Rashford couldn’t capitalise.

Ultimately scored the objective that handed the crew the lead on the evening with a elegant first-touch roller previous the goalkeeper into the far put up.

Robert Lewandowski: 6.5

Lewandowski’s actions off the ball have been commendable, however he narrowly missed out on scoring on a few events. Might nicely have had a brace to his title.

Marcus Rashford: 7.5

The Englishman had a few of Barcelona’s finest probabilities of the primary half together with an early cross from Yamal and a 1v1 later in the identical interval. Stunningly missed each, both by way of poor judgment or poor ending.

Performed a crucial half in creating the opening for the crew’s eventual first objective on the evening. Earned the help for Araujo’s objective with an important supply from a nook.