Twitter Wars: Carles Puyol and Barcelona hit back at Suso and Sevilla for lack of respect

Barcelona did exactly what was needed of them on Wednesday evening at Camp Nou, pulling off a 3-0 victory against Sevilla to secure their place in the final of the Copa del Rey. Sevilla had won the first leg 2-0, but Barcelona, buoyed by their 2-0 defeat of Sevilla in La Liga this past weekend, got the job done.

Buenas noches! 💙❤️ https://t.co/p08xfVWMiz

— Carles Puyol (@Carles5puyol) March 3, 2021

Ronald Koeman kept with the three-at-the-back system that served him so well at Sevilla, electing to bench Antoine Griezmann for the third game straight and give prominence to his countryman, Ousmane Dembele. The Frenchman paid his coach back in the 12th minute, leaving Tomas Vaclik still as a statue between the posts with a true golazo. Sevilla then had a golden chance to draw level in the second half, but substitute Lucas Ocampos saw his weak penalty kick easily saved by Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

It was a mistake they’d rue, as Gerard Pique scored Barcelona’s aggregate equaliser to take the game into extra-time in the 94th minute, an additional disadvantage for Sevilla given they were down to ten men following Fernando‘s red card moments before the goal. Martin Braithwaite then put Barcelona in the driving seat with a third goal, connecting well with Jordi Alba’s cross to confirm a stunning comeback.

Football is about respect. 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘵. https://t.co/TW5WFgkjle

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 3, 2021

There was quite a bit of activity on social media, on Twitter, post-game. First former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol quote-tweeted Suso, who had called Pedri a crybaby after Sevilla won the first leg. Then the official Barcelona account quote-tweeted the official Sevilla account, who had made light of a widely-shared meme of Pique trying and failing to catch Kylian Mbappe.