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A Jules Koundé extremity successful the dying minutes of other clip handed Barcelona a melodramatic 3-2 triumph implicit fierce rivals Real Madrid successful an enthralling Copa del Rey last connected Saturday.
Barça won a record-extending 32nd Spanish Cup rubric acknowledgment to a stunning onslaught from the French defender, who pounced connected a walk by Brahim Díaz and slotted a changeable into the debased country of Thibaut Courtois' nett from 25 yards for the 116th-minute winner.
Pedri enactment them up successful the 28th infinitesimal with a superb curling onslaught into the apical country from extracurricular the container successful a first-half dominated by Barca.
However, Real took power successful the 2nd fractional arsenic Kylian Mbappé, who was absent from the starting XI arsenic helium has yet to regain afloat fittingness from an ankle injury, came disconnected the seat to people the equaliser from a escaped footwear successful the 70th minute.
Aurélien Tchouaméni gave Real Madrid the pb 7 minutes aboriginal with a towering header from a country earlier Ferran Torres recovered the equaliser successful a antagonistic onslaught successful the 84th infinitesimal that took the crippled to other time.
Just erstwhile it seemed similar the rubric would person to beryllium settled successful a punishment shootout, Koundé yet scored the victor that earned Barça the rubric and the archetypal measurement successful a imaginable treble.
Barcelona volition transportation this momentum into Wednesday's archetypal limb of their Champions League semifinal against Inter Milan. They besides pb LaLiga by 4 points implicit Madrid.
Information from Reuters and The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.
