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Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona, 2017 Copa del Rey: Final Score 2-1 as Barça lose strange first leg

Barcelona took part in one of the craziest matches in recent memory when they went to San Mamés for the first leg of the Copa del Rey Round of 16 against Athletic Bilbao. The hosts went up 2-0, then had two players sent off, punched Barça players and committed clear penalties that weren't called by a terrible referee, and eventually pulled off a crazy win. The second leg is next week, at Camp Nou.

FIRST HALF

Barcelona was bad. Passing was bad, shooting was bad, defending was bad, and Bilbao got two goals in a three-minute interval.