3′ Barca start the game brightly with Griezmann having a shot blocked from the right of the box after Trincao slides him through. The visitors get their first corner of the match.
1′ And we’re underway!
The two sides are out on the pitch here in Granada. Granada are in their red, white and blue home kit. Barca are wearing their black away colours.
Last season Granada made it to the semi-finals of this competition where they were dumped out by Athletic. They’ll need to put in a quality performance to beat Barca who also went out at this stage to Athletic. Who will prevail? Let’s find out!
Granada boss Diego Martinez makes seven changes to the team that drew 0-0 with Celta Vigo. There are only three changes to Barca from their 2-1 win over Athletic in La Liga this past weekend as Roberto, Busquets and Trincao come in.
SUBS: Oscar Mingueza, Miralem Pjanic, Martin Braithwaite, Riqui Puig, Neto, Ousmane Dembele, Sergino Dest, Clement Lenglet, Arnau Tenas.
BARCELONA (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Ronald Araujo, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Pedri; Trincao, Lionel Messi (c), Antoine Griezmann.
SUBS: Jesus Vallejo, Darwin Machis, Luis Suarez, Dimitri Foulquier, Rui Silva, Pepe Sanchez, Nehuen Perez, Fede Vico, Jorge Molina.
GRANADA (4-2-3-1): Aaron Escandell; Victor Diaz (c), Domingos Duarte, German Sanchez, Carlos Neva; Angel Montoro, Yan Eteki; Kenedy, Antonio Puertas, Alberto Soro; Roberto Soldado.
Since that result a few weeks ago Barca have gone from strength to strength, seeing off second-tier Rayo Vallecano to reach this stage. Granada’s form has been patchier but they still managed to pump third-tier Navalcarnero 6-0. Barca’s Super Cup defeat to Athletic Bilbao also shows they are still beatable.
When Granada and Barcelona met here just under a month ago in La Liga, Barca romped to a 4-0 victory with Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi both bagging braces. Now this pair meet again with a spot in the Copa del Rey semi-final at stake.
Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this Copa del Rey quarter-final between Granada and Barcelona at Nuevo Los Carmenes.
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