In the early hours of Friday morning (13th), the last four of the Copa Libertadores resumed with a 120-minute battle between Barcelona and Betis, which ended 2-2. In a brutal penalty shootout, Barcelona keeper Dani Alves saved two consecutive goals to reach the final with a 4-2 scoreline, and will fight for the title against Sunday's (15th) opponents - Real Madrid. -Real Madrid for the crown.
Barcelona fielded a luxury lineup for this Western Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski, who had not scored for Barcelona since last October, was the first to break the deadlock in the 40th minute off a fine pass from Ousmane Dembele. Betis equalized in the 77th minute through Fergie. In extra time, Barcelona got a draw from Ansu Fathi in the 93rd minute, but Loren Morales added a goal eight minutes later to make it 2-2 in legal time.
In the penalty shootout phase, Barcelona took all four penalties, while German goalkeeper Dani Alves saved shots from Sam Sanchez and William Cavani to lead his team to a 4-2 victory and advance to the final. Busquets came on as a substitute in what was his 700th official appearance for Barcelona, becoming the third player in Barcelona's history to reach 700 appearances after Messi (778) and Xavi (767).
