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Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman was on target for Atletico Madrid in their big win over Barcelona in the first leg of Copa del Rey semifinal on Thursday.
Lookman, who recently joined the red and whites, scored the third goal for the hosts as they ran riots against Hansi Flick’s men.
Barcelona were without injured wingers Marcus Rashford and Raphinha.
A Joan Garcia own goal broke the deadlock in the sixth minute as Antoine Griezmann added a second before Lookman made it 3-0.
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Julian Alvarez scored the fourth to complete the rout in a highly entertaining first half.
All attempts in the second half failed, as Atletico held on to take a big first-leg lead ahead of the return fixture.
Barcelona ended the game with 10 men as defender García was shown a red card in the 85th minute for the denial of a goal-scoring opportunity.
In the other semifinal, Real Sociedad defeated Athletic Club 1-0 on Wednesday night.
Both matches will have their second legs take place on 3 and 4 March respectively.
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