We deserved to enter Spanish Cup final, says Barcelona boss after win over Sevilla

Barca boss Ronald Koeman

Barcelona needed extra-time to reach the Spanish Cup final on Wednesday, with a 3-2 aggregate win over Sevilla coming just two days after a police raid on the club and the arrest of their former president.

Having trailed 2-0 from the first leg, Danish international Martin Braithwaite hit the crucial goal in the fifth minute of extra-time with a diving header off a Jordi Alba cross.

Gerard Pique had equalised in the fourth minute of stoppage time with virtually the last play of the game to save Barca. That was after Ousmane Dembele, who scored in the 2-0 win at Sevilla in La Liga at the weekend, had given the 30-time Spanish Cup winners a 12th-minute lead in the second leg.

"The team deserved to qualify," said Barca coach Ronald Koeman. "For their work and honesty. We are more aggressive, we've always created chances, the team has improved enormously. This is a very important result for the club, for the players, and for me, of course as well. This is an important step in earning a title."

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