Barcelona made it through to the Copa del Rey semifinal last night after a hard fought battle with Real Madrid ended in a 2-2 draw.
Madrid started the match fired up and going all out to score early on. However, despite being in full attack mode they never quite managed to get the ball into the net, despite coming close on several occasions.
Özil came close to scoring for the visitors after 20 minutes from 30 metres out. The ball went over Pinto’s head, struck the underside of the crossbar and bounced out just in front of the line.
It took 30 minutes or so for Barça to really get into the game. It wasn’t until the end of the first half though that Pedro scored from the area off a Messi assist; and shortly after Alves scored off a free kick.
In the second half neither side produced anything remarkable; Ramos put the ball past Pinto only to have the goal disallowed for tugging Alves.
However, the game was very much from over and an Özil assist to Cristiano Ronaldo gave the visitors their first goal. A few minutes later it started looking serious for Barça; Benzema equalised after putting the ball past Puyol.
However, as the final minutes ticked by Madrid lacked the conviction or energy to score one more goal that would have taken them through. Ramos was sent off for a second yellow card and the final whistle went with the best result for Mourinho against Barça to date.
After the match he was heard to say that it was impossible to beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp, something he denied in his monosyllabic press conference after the match.
