Barcelona on Wednesday was proclaimed champion of the Copa del Rey soccer golear to 4-1 at Athletic Bilbao in the final of the tournament, getting his first trophy of the triplet can be achieved if the weekend winning the League and the final of Champions.
The azulgrana made his 25th Cup with goals from Yaya Toure, Lionel Messi, Bojan Krkic and Xavi Hernandez, after a very fought, in which the Athletic planted to the Catalans 3-1 up with one arm almost fell .
The Barcelona left to play, to have the ball and find the entries of Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi, but he found an Athletic firmly on the pitch starting to be announced on the scoreboard with a tempranero both Gaizka Toquero head to finish off a corner kick (9).
The "lions" were able to exploit a weakness this season for Barça, who suffer greatly in the moves to stop the ball, but after the goal, began to flinch, expecting the boat in his field, not just find the hole.
Marking on Koikili man Lionel Messi, the young man practically annulled Argentine international striker, who had very few opportunities to show off, while Xavi Hernandez, azulgrana normal brain, could not see where to distribute the game to the wall by the technician placed rojiblanco Joaquin Caparrós.
During the first half hour match, Barca, who could not count on Andres Iniesta and Thierry Henry French by injury, was only able to pull a door three times, its most dangerous when a shot from Samuel Eto'o to distant stopped the target Gorka Iraizoz (26), before it reached the tie of Yaya Toure.
The Ivorian left three defenders in a big game before releasing a "trayazo" from the frontal area that sneaks, satin licking stick left Iraizoz (31).
After the goal, tried to advance the Bilbao lines, but continued to seek the counter-attack and long balls to their front Toquero and Fernando Llorente, compared to a boat, with the tranquility of the tie, began to gain control of the ball.
This domain is definitely evident in the second half, when the ten minutes of the match resumed, Iraizoz cleared a hard shot from Eto'o, dropping the ball at the feet of Messi, who just had to shoot almost to door empty the 2-1 (55).
On both the Argentine top scorer for his team in as many Cup with six, was a blow for Athletic, seeking his 24th Cup, a title not won since 1984.
However, the Athletic was wiped off the map in part by a cash Barcelona, especially after both the third made by the young Bojan, to lead a counterattack with a shot from the left that sneaks into the goal after giving the stick (58).
Shortly after both reached the fourth Barça needed a kick from Xavi Hernandez, giving the Basques lace, only slightly worried azulgrana goal, on Wednesday defended by José Manuel Pinto in the final minutes of the game when Barcelona seemed just relax with the tranquility of 4-1.
The victory opens the way to azulgrana for a historic triple, which would continue the weekend with the league before culminating with the Champions League, if it imposed on Manchester United in the final in Rome on May 27.
