19 January 2017 will go down in history as Barcelona finally broke the “Anoeta curse”, which has been alive and well for almost ten years. Beating Real Sociedad in San Sebastian in La Liga will have to wait for another season, but the scrappy win in the 1st leg of the Copa del Rey Quarter-Final proved that Barcelona still can win “ugly”. The only goal of the game was scored in the first half when Neymar successfully converted a penalty kick.
Looking to continue their impressive unbeaten run against Barcelona, Real Socidad started brightly.