Dani Alves' Second Debut, Barcelona Beat Linares Deportivo 2-1 In Copa Del Rey

JAKARTA - Barcelona successfully beat Linares Deportivo with a narrow score of 2-1 in the last 32 of the Copa del Rey at the Estadio Municipal de Linarejos on Thursday morning.

In this match, Xavi Hernandez's men had fallen behind through Hugo Diaz's goal before Ousmane Dembele and Ferran Jutgla reversed the position for the Barcelona team.

Thanks to this victory, Barcelona has the right to advance to the round of 16 which is planned to be played next week.

Quoted from Antara, Thursday, January 6, this match was the second debut for veteran right-back Dani Alves with Barcelona after the club received confirmation of his registration approval from the Spanish Football League (LFP).

The Catalan club immediately appeared aggressive from the start of the match, which Linares replied with several counter-attacks.

The hosts scored in the 19th minute the opener through Hugo Diaz's header in front of the goal after receiving a cross from the right. The score became 1-0 to Linares.

Barcelona was surprised by this goal, They tried to score an equalizer through a number of opportunities. Unfortunately, no goals were scored and the 1-0 score lasted until halftime.

After the break, Xavi entered three players at once in order to increase the intensity of Barcelona's attacks.

After a series of missed opportunities, Ousmane Dembele finally managed to equalize with a curling shot from outside the penalty area in the 63rd minute which the opposing goalkeeper couldn't stop. The position is 1-1.

Six minutes later, Barcelona also managed to reverse the position thanks to a goal scored by young player Ferran Jutgla. He dribbled into the box from the left and outwit one opponent before firing a shot at the far post. Barcelona won 2-1.

No additional goals were created in the remaining matches and Barcelona had the right to advance to the next round.

Lineup:

Linares (4-4-2): Brimah Razak; Daniel Perejon, Lolo Guerrero, Josema, Alvaro Barbosa; Ruben Sanchidrian (David Luna 88'), Rodri, Alejandro Melendez (Cristian Carracedo 56'), Fran Carnicer (Miguel Marin 56'); Hugo Diaz (Jon Etxaniz 70' (Luis Castillo 88')), Fernando Copete.

Barcelona (3-1-4-2): Net; Oscar Mingueza, Ronald Araujo (Gerard Pique 46'), Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba; Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Riqui Puig (Frenkie de Jong 46') (Alvaro Sanz 74'); Nicolas Gonzalez, Ilias Chakkour (Ousmane Dembele 46'), Ferran Jutgla.