Barcelona beaten by nine-man Athletic

Barcelona beaten by nine-man Athletic

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Athletic Club 2-1 Barcelona (Aduriz 25, Williams 28; Messi 52)
Having beaten Athletic 3-1 in the 2015 Copa del Rey final, Barcelona – winners in each of the last two campaigns – must come from behind to progress to this season’s quarter-finals. The home side took the initiative in the first half of their last-16 tie at San Mamés thanks to two goals in four minutes from Aritz Aduriz and Iñaki Williams, before Lionel Messi’s free-kick reduced the arrears soon after half-time. Athletic lost Raúl García and Ander Iturraspe to second yellow cards late on…

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