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Winners and losers from Barcelona’s Copa del Rey win over Cultural Leonesa

Barcelona secured a late 1-0 win over Cultural Leonesa on Wednesday, as they began their defence of the Copa del Rey.

It was a tough night for Ernesto Valverde’s much-changed side, who needed a stoppage-time goal from substitute Clement Lenglet to seal victory.

With that in mind, let’s have a look at the winners and losers from the cup clash.

Winners

The centre-back has said he wanted to score his first Barcelona goal against Real Madrid. While he didn’t manage to net in El Clasico, he didn’t have to wait too much longer to get his name on the scoresheet.