With Ter Stegen saving in the last one; Barcelona wins by the minimum and advances to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey

Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0 on Wednesday to become the first Copa del Rey semifinalist in a match dominated by the Catalans at the Camp Nou.

A goal from Ousmane Dembélé (52) gave Barça victory in a single-match knockout tournament quarterfinal tie.

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Barcelona was the dominator in a game, marked by the expulsion of Brais Méndez for a hard tackle on Sergio Busquets (40) leaving Real Sociedad with ten throughout the second half.

The Basque team, in its attempt to challenge Barça for control of the ball, suffered under Barça pressure without almost managing to leave their field in the first half.

In the first 45 minutes, the people from San Sebastián would only be able to put the goal defended by Ter Stegen in real danger with a shot at the crossbar by Take Kubo (30).

The Japanese was one of Real’s most combative men along with the Norwegian Alexander Sorloth, who had an intense duel with the Uruguayan central defender Ronald Araujo throughout the match.

Barça took ownership of the game driven by the youngsters Pedri and Gabi, while on the right Dembélé was a true nightmare for the Basque defense.

The Frenchman was able to put his team ahead with a shot from the edge that went just wide (17).

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Just a few minutes earlier, Robert Lewandowski had seen a goal by Frenkie de Jong (11) disallowed for offside.

– Brais expelled –

The Barça team dominated, but they had not quite succeeded in the definition in the opposite area.

Pedri tried his luck with a long shot that was saved by goalkeeper Remiro (32), a true bulwark against the Barca tide.

On the edge of the break, a hard tackle by Brais Méndez on Busquets led to his expulsion after the referee checked the action in the VAR.

La Real, who had not given up looking for the ball during the first half, withdrew in the second betting on the counterattack, but soon fell behind on the scoreboard.

A run by Dembélé ended with a shot from the Frenchman with almost no angle to make it 1-0 (52).

With the advantage on the scoreboard, Barcelona seemed to relax a bit against a Real Sociedad team that defended well in their half to get out of the game.

Sorloth had the tie in his boot, but his goal mouth shot from Kubo’s pass went high (60).

Barcelona responded with a shot from Gavi to the crossbar (68), but a mistake by Ter Stegen gave the Catalans a scare.

A bad delivery from the goalkeeper to Busquets ended with a point-blank shot from Robert Navarro stopped by Ter Stegen in the one-on-one (88).

In the last minutes, the people from San Sebastian, with nothing to lose, took a step forward, but were unable to turn the score around.