Copa del Rey, fifth round, second leg
Valencia and Sevilla, cup
winners from the last two seasons, will meet in the quarter finals after both
won through their fifth round ties. Valencia beat Racing Santander
3-1, although they needed extra time to do so after a spectacular overhead
kick from Colsa cancelled out a Vicente penalty. Vicente intercepted a bad back
pass from Oriol to score his second of the night though, and Joaquín
wrapped things up near the end. Sevilla had a tricky visit to
Deportivo after a narrow 2-1 victory in the first leg, but Jesús
Navas set them on the way to a 0-3 win with a goal in the first minute of the
game. Two defensive mistakes allowed Luis Fabiano to add two more before the
break.
Another attractive tie for
the next round will be the Barcelona city derby. FC Barcelona built on
their first leg victory against Atlético Madrid with a 2-1 win in
the Nou Camp, although there were some nerves at first when Sinama-Pongolle
headed the visitors in to the lead early on. Bojan headed in Sylvinho's cross
to equalise a few minutes later though, and Gudjohnsen got the winner after the
restart. Guardiola's side will now play Espanyol, who scraped though on
the away goal rule against second division B side Poli Ejido. The only
goal in a 1-0 win came from a Luis García corner early on,
Román's header helped on by Robles in to his own net. The Catalans had
to hold on though for their first win since Mané took over at the
beginning of December.
The winner of that tie will
meet the winner of the tie between Betis and Mallorca. Betis won through
1-0 against the other second division B side Real Unión, who had
knocked out Real Madrid in the last round. The Andalusians were already a goal
up from the first leg, and Arzu turned in Pavone's cross midway through the
first half to put the game beyond the reach of the Basque team. Mallorca
meanwhile drew 1-1 at Almería to go through 4-2 on aggregate.
Piatti gave the locals some hope with an early goal, but an Arango free kick
took the islanders through.
A last minute goal from
Jorge against Valladolid secured Sporting Gijón a berth in
the last eight against Athletic Bilbao. Strikes midway through the first and
second half from Canobbio and Pedro León put the home team ahead in the
tie before the central defender headed in an injury time corner. The following
day Athletic Bilbao beat Osasuna 2-0 to complete the quarter
final line up. Gabilondo fired in the first in only the fourth minute, and
Josetxo deflected Susaeta's cross past his own keeper a few minutes later for
the final result. (15.01.09) |