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Atletico Madrid score four first-half goals against Barcelona in Copa del Rey semi-final first leg Julian Alvarez, Ademola Lookman and Antoine Griezmann all on target after Joan Garcia own goal Hansi Flick's side without injured wingers Marcus Rashford and Raphinha Real Sociedad beat Athletic Club 1-0 in first leg on Wednesday Second legs take place on 3 and 4 March Keifer Mac Donald Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Ferran Torres heads wide from a corner. He has to do better, it's practically a free header at the back post! Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Robin Le Normand replaces Koke as we enter stoppage time at the Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Riyadh Air Metropolitano Well. .. eight of those are from that VAR check! Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Gerard Martin is on in place of Fermin Lopez for Barcelona. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Now it's all kicking off on the touchline. It's hard to tell what is going on, but Diego Simeone is acting as peacemaker! It ends with yellow cards for Dani Olmo and Marc Pubill. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Red card! Eric Garcia is given his marching orders for the denial of a goal-scoring opportunity. No complaints from the defender as he heads down the tunnel. The night goes from bad to worse for Barcelona. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Hang on, the referee is checking the replay on the pitch-side monitor. Eric Garcia could be in trouble here. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Eric Garcia is shown a yellow card for a rash challenge on Alex Baena. Diego Simeone is furious! He wants the Barcelona defender sent-off. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Alexander Sorloth heads over from a corner. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Atletico's Alex Baena enters the book Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Dani Olmo goes to strike from range but he slips to the floor in the process. .. I think that probably sums up Barcelona's night. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Double change for Barcelona as Pau Cubarsi and Alejandro Balde are replaced by Ronald Araujo and Joao Cancelo. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Riyadh Air Metropolitano A well-deserved cheer for Lookman as he is substituted. It's hard to believe this was only his third game for Atletico with the way he played today. He had a phenomenal first-half and has another goal to add to his quickly growing tally. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Goal-scorer Ademola Lookman is replaced by Thiago Almada. Several of the Barcelona defenders will be happy to see the back of Lookman after the shift he's put in for Atletico tonight. He's been sensational. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Defender Jules Kounde fires a ball across the box but there is no Barcelona shirt near. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Lamine Yamal goes to ground inside the box and wants a penalty, but the referee isn't having it. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Double change for Atletico as Alexander Sorloth and Alex Baena replace Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Even if Barcelona were able to get within two goals of Atletico Madrid, they would surely back themselves to turn it around in next month's second leg. After all, the La Liga leaders have scored a staggering 99 goals across all competitions this season. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Riyadh Air Metropolitano Over 68, 000 fans have packed out the Metropolitano this evening, that's almost at full-capacity. They are absolutely loving what they're seeing! They're 4-0 up to the current Copa holders and La Liga front runners. Atletico Madrid 4-0 Barcelona Barcelona came flying out of the blocks after the break, so to have a goal chalked off and an eight-minute halt in play is far from ideal. It will be interesting to see how Hansi Flick's side react. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Manager: Diego Simeone Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Hansi Flick Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Diego Simeone Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Hansi Flick Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Copa del Rey All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.