The Wales worldwide got here off the bench and, when confronted with an open purpose, dithered and missed his alternative
Malcom’s second-half strike rescued a 1-1 draw for Barcelona within the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final in opposition to Actual Madrid at Camp Nou.
Within the first of three video games between the 2 Spanish giants over the subsequent 24 days, it was the guests who took an early lead when Lucas Vazquez netted the opener after simply six minutes.
However Malcom, who began rather than Lionel Messi, equalised shortly earlier than the hour mark to maintain Barcelona within the tie as they bid to win the competitors for a fifth consecutive 12 months.
Messi, carrying a minor leg harm, was named on the Barcelona bench by supervisor Ernesto Valverde.
For the guests Gareth Bale, who returned from a calf harm in Actual’s 3-Zero win over Alaves final weekend, needed to be content material with a spot among the many substitutes on Wednesday evening.
Actual are making their first look at this stage of the Copa del Rey since they beat Barcelona within the last practically 5 years in the past.
And it was Santiago Solari’s facet who secured the proper begin after they took the lead inside simply six minutes.
Vinicius Junior was the creator, carrying the ball down Actual’s left-hand facet earlier than discovering Karim Benzema within the Barcelona space.
The France ahead chested down Vinicius’s cross earlier than pulling the ball again for Vazquez who made no mistake from a handful of yards out.
Actual could also be eight factors adrift of their rivals in La Liga, however they had been the quickest out of the traps, and had probabilities to double their lead within the opening interval.
But Barcelona started to ease their manner again into the primary leg, and shortly after the half-hour mark struck the woodwork.
Malcom’s free-kick discovered Ivan Rakitic, however his header rattled off the bar.
The hosts went into the interval with a one-goal drawback, however 12 minutes after the break had been again on stage phrases.
Jordi Alba was performed in on Barcelona’s left-hand channel, solely to satisfy a fast-charging Keylor Navas who seemed to have averted the hazard.
The ball, nevertheless, fell to Luis Suarez and, from an inconceivable angle, the previous Liverpool man’s strike hit the submit. With Navas nonetheless scrambling again in the direction of his personal purpose, the rebound fell to Malcom who fired the ball dwelling.
Moments later, Messi was launched and so, too, Bale. Messi’s influence appeared speedy and Barcelona had been within the ascendancy.
However the dwelling facet did not muster up a clear-cut opening and it was Bale who had the perfect alternative to win the match within the last 10 minutes.
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen charged out from his space however his clearance fell solely to Benzema, who was fast to search out Bale.
However, with Ter Stegen out of his purpose, Bale was sluggish to react, his first contact was wayward and his shot was blocked and cleared.
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