WATCH: Atleti lead 2-0 vs Barcelona inside 14 minutes

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are facing off in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie, and there has been two goals inside the opening minutes – both have gone the way of the home side at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

The deadlock has been broken in rather bizarre circumstances. Minutes after making a brilliant save to deny Giuliano Simeone the opening goal, Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia has gifted it to Atleti. He failed to control a back-pass from Eric Garcia, and the ball rolled over the line before he could palm it away – it would not have mattered anyway, as the loose ball was turned home by Ademola Lookman.

🚨🚨| GOAL: ERIC GARCIA’S OWN GOAL PUTS ATLETICO AHEAD INSIDE TEN MINUTES!!!

Atletico Madrid 1-0 Barcelonapic.twitter.com/1WgHjPGY17

— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) February 12, 2026

HUGE MISTAKE FROM JOAN GARCIA IN THE BACK WHICH GIFTS ATLETICO MADRID A GOAL! pic.twitter.com/9j5LOxI41u

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 12, 2026

8 minutes later, it would get even better for Atleti, who are now 2-0 up. Nahuel Molina cut the ball back to Antoine Griezmann, who finds the far corner against his former club to send the Riyadh Air Metropolitano into raptures.

🚨🚨| GOAL: GRIEZMANN HAS DOUBLED THE LEAD FOR ATLETICO MADRID!!!

Atletico Madrid 2-0 Barcelonapic.twitter.com/EWtVkR5sp1

— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) February 12, 2026

Griezmann makes it 2-0 for Atletico Madrid! They are shocking Barcelona right now 🤯 pic.twitter.com/DV7ID0Q5se

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 12, 2026

Barcelona’s task of securing a positive result in this first leg was already difficult due to the absences of Raphinha and Marcus Rashford, and their task looks increasingly hard now. Fortunately, they have plenty of time across the tie to bounce back, but right now, Atleti are in the ascendency.