Valverde and Barcelona will likely overturn the 2-1 first leg deficit in the second leg vs. Levante. But should they just let the Copa del Rey go? "I know it's a risk," Ernesto Valverde admitted. It was Thursday night and FC Barcelona's manager was contemplating only his eighth defeat since taking over at the club. For the second time in eight months, it had come away at Levante. In May 2018, it cost them the chance to become the first team to ever complete a league season unbeaten; now, in January 2019, it left them on the edge in the Copa del Rey, departing the Ciutat de Valencia beaten again, surprisingly weakening their the defence of...
Friday, January 11, 2019
Barcelona have a deficit to overcome in the Copa del Rey last-16. Should they bother?
Valverde and Barcelona will likely overturn the 2-1 first leg deficit in the second leg vs. Levante. But should they just let the Copa del Rey go? "I know it's a risk," Ernesto Valverde admitted. It was Thursday night and FC Barcelona's manager was contemplating only his eighth defeat since taking over at the club. For the second time in eight months, it had come away at Levante. In May 2018, it cost them the chance to become the first team to ever complete a league season unbeaten; now, in January 2019, it left them on the edge in the Copa del Rey, departing the Ciutat de Valencia beaten again, surprisingly weakening their the defence of...
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