Antoine Griezmann is the hero for Barcelona as he scored twice to avoid embarrassing defeat to third division club, UD Ibiza in Copa del Rey round of 32.<\/p>\n
The Catalan side trailing as early as 9 minutes after Josep Caballe Martin scored the first goal of the game.<\/p>\n
It took more than 70 minutes before Barcelona can break through Ibiza’s defence as Griezmann scored in 72th minutes, before scoring the winner in the late second half.<\/p>\n
Yet, Griezmann can’t avoid from feeling embarrassed by the Barcelona performance.<\/p>\n
“We struggled, especially in the first half when we didn’t have a shot on target,” he said to Marca.<\/p>\n
“We tried to fix it at half time. In the second half, we were better. Two chances arrived and they went in.<\/p>\n
“I scored today thanks to my teammates.”I had to play higher up and I had to wait for the chances.<\/p>\n
“It was tough, but we did it and we’re keen to win this tournament. I’m here to help with goals, assists and work.<\/p>\n
“I’ve not reached my ceiling yet. I try to work and improve.”<\/p>\n
Griezmann backed Quique Setien’s system, despite playing three defenders could have cost them a result.<\/p>\n
“It’s a tactical tool. We’ll get used to it and work during the week.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"