 TheVicente Calderón Stadium inMadrid held the final | |||||||
| Event | 2016–17 Copa del Rey | ||||||
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| Date | 27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) | ||||||
| Venue | Vicente Calderón,Madrid | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) | ||||||
| Referee | Carlos Clos Gómez | ||||||
| Attendance | 45,000 | ||||||
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The2017 Copa del Rey final was afootball match played on 27 May 2017 to decide the winner of the2016–17 Copa del Rey, the 115th edition ofSpain's primary football cup (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was betweenBarcelona andAlavés at theVicente Calderón inMadrid.
As winners, Barcelona facedReal Madrid in the2017 Supercopa de España, and qualified for the2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, as they had already qualified for theChampions League through their league position, the Europa League spot was thus passed down the league to sixth-placed sideReal Sociedad.
Barcelona had previously played in 39 Copa del Rey finals, tied only withReal Madrid's 39, and had a record 28 victories. They were the reigning champions, having defeatedSevilla 2–0 afterextra time in theprevious year's final at theVicente Calderón inMadrid. This was their fourth consecutive final, and they were seeking a third consecutive title, a feat previously accomplished by themselves in1953, andAthletic Bilbao in1916 and1945; Real Madrid (1908) and Athletic (1933) held the shared record of winning four consecutive finals.[1]
Meanwhile,Alavés, in their first back in the top flight following promotion to La Liga, were competing in their first ever Copa del Rey final, and their first major final since their 5–4 defeat toLiverpool in the2001 UEFA Cup Final.
Sergi Roberto andLuis Suárez were suspended and did not play in the final for Barcelona, as they were both sent off in the semi-final second leg match againstAtlético Madrid.
| Barcelona | Round | Alavés | ||||
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| Opponent | Result | Legs | Opponent | Result | Legs | |
| Hércules | 8–1 | 1–1 away; 7–0 home | Round of 32 | Gimnàstic | 6–0 | 3–0 away; 3–0 home |
| Athletic Bilbao | 4–3 | 1–2 away; 3–1 home | Round of 16 | Deportivo La Coruña | 3–3 (a) | 2–2 away; 1–1 home |
| Real Sociedad | 6–2 | 1–0 away; 5–2 home | Quarter-finals | Alcorcón | 2–0 | 2–0 away; 0–0 home |
| Atlético Madrid | 3–2 | 2–1 away; 1–1 home | Semi-finals | Celta Vigo | 1–0 | 0–0 away; 1–0 home |
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 30th minute when he shot left footed from just outside the penalty area to the left corner of the net. It was 1–1 three minutes later whenThéo Hernandez scored with a long range free-kick to the left corner of the net from the right of the penalty area.[2]Neymar put Barcelona back in front in the final minute of the first half with a close range finish after a low cross fromAndré Gomes on the right.Paco Alcácer then made it 3–1 in the third minute of time added on in the first half with a right foot finish from six yards out after Messi had made a run into the penalty area, passing three Alavés defenders and flicking the ball to him.[3] There was no further scoring in the second half. Messi was named man of the match with one goal scored, one assisted and another one created.[4]
Neymar equalisedFerenc Puskás's record for having scored in three consecutive Copa del Rey finals and now is only one behindTelmo Zarra, who scored in four successive finals.[5][3] Lionel Messi became only the second player in Copa del Rey history to score in four different finals, after Zarra who scored in five in total.[5]
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