LIVE - Copa del Rey: Crazy start to the match between Barça and Griezmann's Atlético, four goals in twenty minutes

Martinez gives Barcelona the lead!!!

Barça sits in front of the Atlético area. Koundé applies himself to the center but Llorente takes the top with his head.

Balde gains ground at 25 meters and comes to cross towards Yamal, in the surface, but Galan clears with a header.

The two Catalan attackers, who are having an exceptional season, have struggled to make a difference since the start of the match, against the tough and compact Madrid block.

Huge defensive error by Atlético in front of their area! Torres inherits the ball and comes to challenge Musso by trying to dribble it but the Spaniard, subsequently, misses his shot with his right once again! The Madrid goalkeeper grabs the ball. What an offering from the Colchoneros! Barça does not take advantage of it.

The Madrid players try to recover the ball and evolve in quick transitions but the Catalan pressing makes the difference. The Blaugranas are much more aggressive and do not drop their intensity.

In a quick transition, the Rojiblancos can finally breathe a little. The Frenchman, on the left, looks for his Argentinian striker in the center but the Catalan defense anticipates well and clears the danger!

For a few minutes now, the Rojiblancos have been in great pain and are suffering the Catalan waves! Atlético is suffocated by the intensity of the Blaugranas.

Cubarsi, at the far post, equalizes with a header from a corner for the Blaugranas!! This match is crazy. The Catalans have come back into the game.

Pedri reduces the score!! Yamal, on the right wing, finds Koundé in depth. The Frenchman sees the Spaniard arrive in the area and beat Musso with his left! The Catalans are back.

Dream scenario for the Madrilenians. The latter, after having slapped Barça twice, are now all grouped together at the edge of the area. Barcelona breaks its teeth on it. The technical quality of the Colchoneros allows them to escape the Catalan pressure.

Yellow card for the Rojiblanco, following a tackle on Yamal.

Found in depth on a magnificent pass from Raphinha, the Spaniard presents himself in front of Musso but completely misses his shot! What an opportunity wasted by Barça.

First Blaugrana shot of the match. The Barça prodigy rushes from 25 metres, on the right, but the ball escapes the Madrid goal.

The Atlético left-back hits his wing and comes to cross towards Alavrez but the Barcelona defense clears. The Colchoneros hurt the Catalans a lot in quick transitions.

Griezmann for the 2nd goal for Madrid!!! It's crazy, on a counterattack, Alvarez, on the left wing, manages to pass to the Frenchman who is facing Szczesny! The former Blue feints his opposite number before beating him with his right! The Colchoneros are clinical! What a start to the match.

Showered from the start by the Madrid players, the Catalans monopolize the ball and try to react immediately.

Alvarez opens the score!! Incredible, barely a minute of play and the Colchoneros sound the Catalans! After a first opportunity with a header for the Argentinian, deflected with the fingertips by Szczesny, then, on a corner played at 2, Griezmann crosses for Lenglet. The ball is deflected and Alvarez appears at the second post to push the leather into the Barça goal!

The first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final between Barça and Atlético begins!

Kick-off in a few seconds!

The Catalan prodigy will, obviously, be watched (very) closely by the Madrid defense this evening.

The former French international, who has had a very decent season with the Rojiblancos so far, has scored 14 goals and provided 7 assists in all competitions since the start of the 2024-25 season. A danger that still weighs heavily on opposing defenses.

With 31 Copa del Rey titles to its name, FC Barcelona is the most successful club in the competition. Atlético de Madrid has 10.

On December 21, the Rojiblancos pulled off a huge coup by coming to dictate their law to Barcelona, ​​to win against the Catalans (1-2), at the very end, in order to take the lead in La Liga. Diego Simeone's men will try to achieve the same performance tonight to take a significant advantage, on the sidelines of the return match in Madrid.

Tonight in Barcelona, ​​Blaugranas and Colchoneros will engage in an intense battle in this first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. Barça, leader of La Liga - equal on points with Real Madrid, but ahead on goal difference - receives Atlético, 3rd in the championship, just one point behind the leader. A clash, therefore, between two Spanish giants, in top form.

Antoine Griezmann is obviously a starter for Madrid. French defender Clément Lenglet is also in the game.

French right-back Jules Kounde starts, while Ferran Torres takes Robert Lewandowski's place at the forefront of the Blaugrana attack for this match.

FC Barcelona : Szczesny – Koundé, Cubarsí, Martínez, Balde – De Jong, Pedri – Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha – Torres

Welcome to LeFigaro.fr to follow live commentary of the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg between FC Barcelona and Antoine Griezmann's Atlético de Madrid! Kick-off 9:30 p.m.