Barça U19s 2-1 Athletic Club U19s: Into the cup Final Four

The Barça U19A side will be in the Copa del Rey Final Four after Juliano Belletti's side took a 2-1 win over Athletic Club in their quarter-final. The visitors went ahead not long before the break only for the blaugranes to score twice in a minute through Hugo Alba and Arnau Pradas in the second half. 

Basques strike first 

Barça made all the running in the first half, but it was Athletic Club who went close with blaugrana keeper Yaakobishvili making an important save. Belletti's side, however, failed to take their chances in the opening period and were punished when Urzaiz put the Basques ahead on 39 minutes.

Comeback 

The home side did not take long after the restart to stamp their authority on the game. Hugo Alba made it 1-1 on 50 minutes and just a minute later Arnau Pradas scored a great individual goal to put Barça ahead. Athletic came close to an equaliser when they struck the bar late on, but the blaugranes hung on for a deserved win and a place in the Final Four in Villanueva de la Serena on 12-16 March. 

MATCH STATS 

Barça, 2
Athletic Club, 1

Barça: Yaakobishvili, Landry Ferrer, Eman Kospo, Andrés Cuenca, Alexander Walton, Brian Fariñas (Tomás Marqués, min 68), Jan Virgili, Quim Junyent, Hugo Alba (Kluivert, min 82), Pedro Rodríguez (Juan Hernández, min 68) and Arnau Pradas
Athletic Club: Simón García, Unamuno, Liceaga (Hugo Fernández, min 56), Zarandona, Carril, Ilyas (Pablo Martínez, min 77), Egoitz, Ezpeleta, Albizu (Asier Torres, min 81), Cobos (Irizar, min 56) and Urzaiz

Goals: 0-1, Urzaiz (min 39); 1-1, Hugo Alba (min 50); 2-1, Arnau Pradas (min 51)