Barcelona and Atletico Madrid share eight-goal Copa del Rey thriller

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid draw 4-4 within the first leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal.

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid each rallied from two objectives down in a frantic 4-4 draw within the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in Catalonia, Spain.

Atletico scored twice within the first six minutes earlier than conceding 4 unanswered objectives and coming again to even the match with objectives within the remaining 10 minutes, together with the equaliser by substitute Alexander Sorloth three minutes into stoppage time on Tuesday.

Barcelona noticed Atletico soar to an early lead, with objectives by Julian Alvarez within the first minute and Antoine Griezmann within the sixth, however the hosts tied the sport by the twenty first minute due to objectives two minutes aside by Pedri and Pau Cubarsi.

The Catalan membership took a 3-2 lead into halftime after Iñigo Martínez scored within the forty first. Robert Lewandowski elevated the lead within the 74th.

Atletico pulled nearer with Marcos Llorente within the 84th and Sorloth received the equaliser from shut vary.

The second leg can be at Atletico’s Metropolitano Stadium in April.

The winner will play both Actual Madrid or Actual Sociedad, which can play their first-leg match on Wednesday in Basque Nation.

Barcelona final gained the competitors in 2021, and Atletico in 2013.

Atletico had crushed Barcelona 2-1 within the Spanish league when the groups final met in December.

Till the semifinal stage, the Copa’s knockout rounds have been performed in single-elimination video games.