Copa del Rey, quarter final, second leg
Disgraceful scenes in the
cup tie between city rivals Betis and Sevilla, the match being
abandoned when visiting manager Juande Ramos was stretchered off unconscious
after being hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd. The incident happened midway
through the second half, moments after Kanouté had given Sevilla a 0-1
lead, and the Spanish football federation must now decide whether to award the
game to the visitors or play out the remaining minutes.
Barcelona came back
from their first leg defeat to beat Zaragoza 1-2 and qualify for the
semi-finals on the away goal rule. Xavi picked up a return pass from
Márquez to open the scoring on the quarter hour mark, and Iniesta made
it two soon afterwards after good work by Messi. The locals were left with ten
men midway through the second half when D'Alessandro was sent off, but
Piqué turned in Aimar's free kick soon afterwards to set up a nail
biting finish.
Logic prevailed in the other
two games, with Getafe and Deportivo both doing enough to consolidate their
three goal leads from the first leg. Getafe lost on the night to
Osasuna, Romeo getting the goal for the home side on the quarter hour
mark. And Deportivo drew 1-1 at Valladolid, Felipe giving the
Galicians the lead and Manchev getting a late consolation for the second
division side after Depor were down to ten men for the sending off of
Coloccini. (28.02.07) |