🔥Simeone humbles Barça 4-0: goals ruled out, red card, Lookman scores | OneFootball

Historic night at the Wanda Metropolitano: Atletico Madrid overwhelms Barcelona with a stunning 4-0 victory in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, putting more than one foot in the final.

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Diego Simeone's team dominated from the very first minutes with an almost perfect first half. The deadlock was broken by a shocking blunder from Joan Garcia on a back pass from Eric Garcia: Cubarsí tried to save it, but the ball had already crossed the line. Shortly after, the lead was doubled by Antoine Griezmann, ice-cold as he slotted home a left-footed diagonal shot.

Barça tried to react – Fermín López hit the crossbar – but Atleti was devastating on the counter and in quality. The 3-0 was a masterpiece of teamwork: action down the right, a perfect assist, and a goal from Ademola Lookman, one of the stars of the night with a goal and an assist. In first-half stoppage time, Julián Álvarez made it four with a splendid strike from the edge of the box.

In the second half, the Blaugrana even found the net with Cubarsí, but it was ruled out for offside. Nerves took over and in the 85th minute, Eric Garcia was sent off for a bad foul on Baena.

The return leg, scheduled for March 3 at Camp Nou, now seems a mere formality: the 4-0 at the Metropolitano heavily tilts qualification towards the red-and-whites of Madrid.

Eric Garcia 🟥 after OFR and BRAWL

When it rains, it pours for Barcelona, with Hansi Flick's team – already down 4-0 – reduced to ten men. 

In the 83rd minute, Baena stole the ball and raced towards the opposition goal, but was stopped by Eric Garcia.

The referee initially showed a yellow, but after being called over by VAR, changed his decision following the OFR: the Barcelona defender was sent off.

Shortly after, a hard foul by Dani Olmo on Simeone sparked a scuffle, with the referee handing out several yellow cards.

📸 7-MINUTE Check: Barça goal DISALLOWED ❌

Cubarsí scores… or does he! Barcelona tried to get back into the game with the defender's goal, who tapped in from close range past Musso.

But VAR ruled it out after an excruciating wait. 

After a 7-minute check, the referee disallowed the goal: Lewandowski's position, as he touched the ball before his teammate, was offside. 

😱 Barça 0-4 at 45' after 73 years

Barcelona is trailing 4-0 at halftime for the first time since 1953.

The last time the Blaugrana were four goals down at halftime was in the 1953/54 Clásico. And against Atlético, it hadn't happened since the 1949/50 season.

A disastrous night so far for Barcelona. The Blaugrana club has conceded four goals in the first half for only the second time since the 2004/05 season.

The other occasion was in the Champions League quarter-finals in August 2020, against Bayern Munich.

😍 Atletico ‘MARVEL’, four goals in 45’: Julian-goal 🔙

The Colchonero monologue at the Metropolitano continues, as does the nightmare for Barcelona. 

In first-half stoppage time, Atletico Madrid made it 4-0 with Julian Alvarez's return to scoring: a shot from the edge and the ball into the top corner for the former Manchester City player, who hadn't scored since December 9 in the Champions League and nets his first goal of 2026.

🔄 Flick SUB: Casadò out, Lewandowski in

Hansi Flick tried to shake up Barcelona and opted for a change already in the first half. 

In the 39th minute, Marc Casadò, previously booked, made way for Lewandowski.

The German coach hugged the midfielder and had a brief, intense conversation with him, probably explaining the reason for the decision.

🧨 Lookman SHOW, Atletico’s third

Atletico Madrid kept pushing and found their third goal in the 33rd minute of the first half.

The move was started by Giuliano Simeone, who played in Alvarez. 

The pass to Lookman was brilliant: the Nigerian opened up his foot and slotted home diagonally for the 3-0.

Fermin hits the bar ⛔ Koundé SAVES on the LINE 😲

Non-stop drama in Madrid! In the 20th minute, Olmo delivered directly from a corner to Fermin, who headed against the crossbar.

Simeone's Atleti responded immediately: Molina outsmarted the Barcelona defense and set up Alvarez, who shot first time.

Koundé's intervention on the line was providential, saving at the last moment.

Own goal 😱 Eric Garcia +Grizou: SHOCK start for Barça ❌

The Civitas Metropolitano clash heated up in just a few minutes: by the 14th minute, Atletico were already 2-0 up.

The opener came from a shocking own goal by Joan Garcia: the Barcelona goalkeeper let a back pass from Eric Garcia slip under his foot. 

Lookman scored the tap-in, but the ball had already crossed the line.

Just before the quarter-hour mark, the Colchoneros struck again: Musso's clearance found Lookman, Koke spread it to the right for Simeone, who rewarded Griezmann's run into the box.

The Frenchman opened up his foot and sent the ball to the far post.

✅ Official lineups

ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Musso; Molina, Pubil, Hancko, Ruggeri, G. Simeone, Llorente, Koke, Lookman, Griezmann, Alvarez. Coach: Simeone

BARCELONA (4-3-3): Garcia, Kounde, Cubarsì, E. Garcia, Balde, Casado, De Jong, Fermìn, Yamal, Ferran Torres, Olmo. Coach: Flick

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