At 22:30 Lithuania time in Spain, the final of the 2016-17 King's Cup season took place.
At the "Vicente Calderon" stadium, "Barcelona" and the successful team from "La Liga," "Deportivo Alaves," clashed in the final. Luis Enrique's era at the Catalan club ended with victory - "Barca" defeated their opponents 3-1 and won the King's Cup trophy for the second time in a row.
At the beginning of the match, no goals were scored, but in the 11th minute, L. Enrique was forced to make a substitution - Javier Mascherano could no longer continue playing after a collision with an opponent.
The first goal of the match came in the 30th minute - Lionel Messi scored a great goal after a pass from Neymar, but three minutes later, the future newcomer to Real Madrid, Theo Hernandez, equalized the score with a stunning penalty kick.
However, the Catalans decided to settle all the formalities of the match in the first half - in the 45th minute, Neymar once again put "Barca" ahead, and during added time, Lionel Messi's advantage was increased to two goals by Paco Alcacer.
In the second half, the teams did not score any more goals, and "Barcelona" celebrated their second trophy of the season. Earlier in the season, "Barca" had also won the Spanish Super Cup trophy.
"Barcelona" won a record 28th King's Cup trophy.
Result:
"Barcelona" 3 - 1 "Alaves" 30' [1 - 0] L. Messi 33' [1 - 1] T. Hernandez 45' [2 - 1] Neymar 45+3' [3 - 1] A. Paco
Starting lineups:
"Barcelona": Cillessen; Mascherano, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Messi, Alcacer, Neymar
"Alaves": Pacheco; Femenia, Ely, Vigaray, Feddal, Theo; Edgar, Manu Garcia, Marcos Llorente, Ibai Gomez, Deyverson.
