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Barcelona far from their best in Copa del Rey but a win is welcomed

Related Topics: Copa del Rey, Barcelona

The absolute minimum expected from the Copa del Rey tie which saw Barcelona head to Unionistas de Salamanca was a win inside 90 minutes.

Up against the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, nothing else would be acceptable, and yet it still took the Catalans going behind to the team from the Spanish third tier to shake them out of their funk.

What’s more than worrying at this stage is that players such as Joao Felix were strolling around like they were playing with their mates in the park.

Where was the hustling and harrying of the opposition in the opening half hour?