Barca found the master in the face of the city rival, Messi failed with a penalty

The prize-busting leader in Primera Barcelona has placed a serious questioning on defending his trophy in the King’s Cup after losing 0: 1 to his symbolic visit to Espanyol in the first-round match of the 1/4-finals. Oscar Melindo realized in the 88th minute. Previously in the 63nd Lionel Messi missed a penalty. It turned out to be his 21st missed by 86, played as a Barca player.
Luis Suarez stayed out of the way 11. Alice Vidal, Lionel Messi and Dennis Suarez formed a trio in attack without a typical central striker. Ernesto Valverde diversified his team with reserve footballers such as Luca Din and Carles Allenia. The Parrots formed block 4-5-1 with Gerard Moreno in front.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
Camp Nou fans hit their rival with the start of the match. The Valverde boys were pushing high and the ball almost constantly moved in half the “white-blue”. At the eighth minute, Serhi Roberto is on the right and the ball meets Oscar Duarte’s hand. The referee does not correctly play a penalty because the hand was in a natural position.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
In the 10th Referee spared Messi, who made a deliberate foul, stopping a dangerous counter to the hosts. In the first few minutes Leo was given a chance to shoot from direct free kicks but his shot was not accurate. In the 23rd Argentine won space and shot from the rainbow – Diego Lopez was careful and caught. In the 25th Geraard Piqué overtook the goalkeeper with his head and directed the ball into the net, but with a properly raised ambush flag. In the 28th Messi repeated his raid five minutes ago, but this time he did not find a gap and his shot was blocked. Two minutes later, Paulinho did not make a good blow from the rainbow.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
In the 44th Denis Suarez wiped out the cleanest half time opportunity. Allenia advanced to the rainbow and went to the left to number 6, looking for the nearby corner, sending the ball past the beam to the outside. Overall, Barca totally beat his opponent in the first half but did not have enough clear goals. Kicke Sanchez Flores’ boys, very rarely, went out of their half and did only one anemic stroke.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
The two coaches made offensive shots after the break, with Leo Baptisteo and Luis Suarez playing in the game, and the field left home midfielder. At 52, the judge scorned Aaron Martin and did not pick him up a second yellow card, although the left-handed defender stumbled into the penalty area, Sergi Roberto. In the 54th, Messi mastered her breasts and shot from the air – Diego Lopez deliberately plunged and caught.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
At 61, the Chief Arbitrator defeated the penalty whistle after contacting Esteban Granarero with Sergi Roberto’s foot. Leo Messi chose to shoot in the left corner of Diego Lopez, but the former Real Madrid goalkeeper anticipated the direction and killed. In the 66th, the encouraged team of Espanyol created the first threat to Jasper Silesian. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Gerard Moreno lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
In the 72nd referee the referee appointed a controversial ambush of Luis Suarez. The 76th Pique was the last barrier to Baptisteo. At 77, Barca’s guards suffered a slight hurdle after throwing them out of the stands, and this delayed the game’s resumption. In the 82nd Ivan Rakitič made a repeat of his mistake with the match with Real Sociedad and lost the ball on the threshold of the penalty area. The Croatian made a violation and the referee decided to take only a yellow card despite the stormy disputes from the hosts’ headquarters. Mark Navarro fired very dangerously over the beam, but Silesian knocked over the beam.

Espanyol – Barcelona + 36
The 88th “parrots” hit their stroke. Mark Navarro took the right wing and took the ball into the penalty area, where Oscar Melindo fired from a distance of ten meters and hit the goal. Silesian could not see the ball and pulled it out of his net. By the end, Valverde’s footballers did not find any ideas to break through their rival’s block.

So Barca will have to reverse the duel. The rematch is after a week at Camp Nou and the “blue-red” need a win with two goals difference. It was the first loss for Barcelona after 29 successful matches. The last “Los Cules” fell from Real Madrid for the Super Cup of Spain in August.

Espanyol – Barcelona 1-0
1: 0 Melinda (88)

Espanyol: Diego Lopez; Mark Navarro, Naldo, Duarte, Aaron (58 – Didak); Victor Sanchez, David Lopez, Fuego (74 – Melinda), Ginero, Darder (46 – Baptisto); Moreno
Barcelona: Sielsen; Sergi Roberto, Pique, Vermelen, Din; Alenja (59 – Luis Suarez), Buscques, Paulinho (54 – Rakitic); Aleis Vidal, Messi, Dennis Suarez (78 – Rafina)