That is all from our coverage of tonight's Copa del Rey semi-final clash between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. This is Shaurya Vineet signing off. In case of any comments or feedback, you can get in touch with me on Twitter @ShauryaVineet. Until then, goodbye and take care!
The referee had a lot of decisions to make and he didn't get all of them correct. Three Red Cards and one Penalty later Barcelona reach the final of the Copa del Rey.
Messi struck a wonderful free-kick from all of 35 yards which Moya was never going to save but it cannoned off the inside of the crossbar. Atleti did find their equaliser as Gameiro atoned for his penalty miss when Griezmann squared the ball to him.
They then had another chance when Gameiro won the penalty, again a poor refereeing decision. But the Atletico forward blasted his penalty over and Barcelona were given another life line.
Atletico will feel hard done by the referee here. Griezmann had found the back of the net but it was incorrectly ruled out for offside, a horrible horrible decision by the linesman.
Game Over! Barcelona reach the final yet again. The defending champions will be defending their title against the winner of tomorrow's game between Alaves and Celta Vigo.
90+2' Correa makes his way into Barcelona's box and tries to cut the ball across the face of the opposition's goal but the ball strikes Griezmann and goes out.
90' RED CARD: And another red card, the third of the night. Luis Suarez has been given his marching orders for a foul on Koke. This is his second booking in less than 4 minutes.
89' Atleti play the corner shot and Koke swings the ball into the box. The ball evades everyone in the box and goes out. That one was begging to be buried but no Atletico player could get on the end of it.
85' GOOALLL!!! Barcelona score but it is ruled out for Offside. Correct decision this time from the linesman. It was Messi who pings the ball above Atleti's defence and into the path of Suarez, who buries it home but the linesman has his flag up.
The ball is played into Barcelona box and Pique tries to clear it but can only head it into the path of Griezmann. The Frenchman looks to go for goal but instead cuts the ball back for Gameiro who taps into an open net. Just when I was wondering if Atletico can score, they have and now need just another goal to force the game to extra-time.
80' GAMEIRO MISSES THE PENALTY! GAMEIRO goes for power over positioning and his shot brushes the top of the crossbar and into the stands. That penalty sums up the game for Atletico.
The decision is slightly dubious as Pique got the ball and didn't bring down the forward. But Atletico were robbed off a chance earlier. Can they make it count now.
77' HOW DID THAT NOT GO IN? The free-kick is in Messi territory. The Argentine stands over it - 30 yards from goal - and unleashes a left-footed piledriver that evades the wall and looks destined to be going towards the top corner but it crashes against the inside of the crossbar and Atleti survive.
75' The game looks to be over for Atletico Madrid barring a late influx of goals. Does Simeone's charges have it in them to step up to the challenge when it counts?
69' YELLOW CARD/RED CARD: Yannick Carrasco is the second player to be sent off tonight. The Atletico forward lunges into a challenge on Turan near Barcelona's box and the referee deems it be worth a booking. He was booked in the first half and the numerical advantage of Atletico is over.
59' Atletico Madrid score but it is ruled out for offside! Griezmann was released into the box and the Frenchman finds the back of the net but it is ruled out for offside.
Aleix Vidal was preparing to come on to replace Roberto who was already on a yellow but before he could make his way the Spaniard has been given his marching orders.
WAIT! It is a RED CARD. Sergi Roberto is off and Barcelona are down to 10 men. Roberto was already booked early in the first half and it is an early shower for the Spaniard.
55' Denis Suarez plays a ball across Atleti's box and Luis Suarez almost gets on the end of it. That could have been the game if the Uruguayan had reached it.
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