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Messi-inspired Barcelona win 27th Copa del Rey

Published: 31 May 2015 - 10:56 am | Last Updated: 13 Jan 2022 - 02:28 pm

 

Barcelona---A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona sealed a league and Cup double as they swept aside Athletic Bilbao 3-1 to win the Copa del Rey for a 27th time on Saturday.
Messi opened the scoring in spectacular fashion by dribbling past four Athletic players and lashing home a low finish before Neymar added a second before half-time.
The Argentine grabbed his second of the game to kill the tie as a contest 17 minutes from time before Inaki Williams grabbed a consolation for the Basques.

AFP