Barcelona crushed Valencia 5-0 with Ferran Torres marking a hat-trick while La La Blaugrana became the fourth and last team to reach the semi-finals of Copa del Rey on Thursday. In addition to Torres, Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal also scored one goal at La Mestalla while the record winners of the Spanish Cup remained on the CAP for another trophy.
The Real Sociedad also progressed to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey on the same day with a 2-0 victory against Osasuna, who sent Alejandro Catena. The other two teams from the last four rounds are Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
COPA DEL REY Draw in the semi-finals
Before bringing you match reports from Barcelona and Real Sociedad Games, take a look when the Copa del Rey semi-final draw.
The Copa del Rey semi-finals will take place on February 12 (Wednesday) at the office of the Spanish football federation. The draw will take place at 1 p.m. this (5:30 p.m. IST; 7 a.m. he).
The semi-finals will be played on two legs. The first legs will take place on 25,26 or February 27 with the legs return to 1.2 or April 3.
How Barcelona defeated Valence
Ferran Torres struck a hat-trick while Barcelona rout Valencia 5-0 Thursday to participate in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal were also on the target for the record winners of the Spanish Cup as they moved to victory in a upheaval stadium in Mestalla.
Earlier, Real Sociedad progressed with a comfortable 2-0 victory out of 10 men Osasuna, joining Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in a solid Four.
The former Valencia Torres striker took the applause with his triple in 30 minutes, fully taking advantage of the decision of Barça Hansi Flick coach to rest the striker Robert Lewandowski.
“We thought it would be a very difficult game, because here in Mestalla is always a difficult field to play,” Tve Tve said.
“We were lucky that we have scored goals early and finally cut them.”
The Spaniard scored in the third minute, running on a beautiful Alejandro Balde through the ball and clinically finishing against his old team.
Torres scored the second after 17 minutes when the shooting of the teenager Yamal rebounded on the post on his way.
Lopez put Barcelona three half-time from the first half with a well-timed race found by Pedri Gonzalez, the rounding goalkeeper stole Dimitrievski and Gucking Home.
Torres completed his hat-trick after half an hour with a precise low finish after Raphinha mounted it on the edge of the box.
Manchester City’s former shiny shiny display of Winger offered the reflection, with Barcelona scoring at least five goals in the last four games where the Polish striker Veteran Lewandowski did not start.
Some fans of Valence began to leave the angry Mestalla stadium, a constant theme around the club with the owner Peter Lim criticized by supporters with songs and banners.
It was the second beat in Valencia in the hands of Barça in the space of two weeks, after the Catalans triumphed 7-1 at home at La Liga.
‘Suffer like that’
Valencia had a rare moment of dismissal at the start of the second half when Umar Sadiq found the net, but the goal was excluded for offside.
The Nigerian striker Gangly then won a penalty, but this was also rebuilt after he was demonstrated again in the accumulation.
At the other end, Yamal hit the post again, but this time, the ball flew and safe for Valence.
The 17 -year -old Spain star finally obtained his goal with a low effort that took a small deviation and beat Dimitrievski, who could still have kept him away.
“I am really happy with the team, the way they played, we have created chances and have marked them from the start and that helped us a lot,” Flick told TVE.
“(Striker) is the style in which we want to play, you know that the hunger that the team must go for the next goal … It’s a young team and they focus on brand goals.”
Valence is 19th at La Liga, four points in security and Torres said he hoped that they could survive in the elite.
“I hope Valencia was saved because in the end I am only another fan,” added the attacker.
“It is difficult to see the club of your youth and your life suffers like that, they really cross it.”
Valencia coach Carlos Corberan said his team was injured by defeat.
“It is a very difficult loss, especially difficult because we feel the same thing as we did after the League match, but in front of our Mestalla fans,” he said.
“We have to give a better account of ourselves … Fans deserve much more than what we have been capable of.”
In San Sebastian, Ander Barretxea and Brais Mendez struck for the hosts of Real Sociedad before Osasuna, Alejandro Catena was returned for a wild challenge after 35 minutes.
Osasuna beat the same 2-1 opposition to La Liga on Sunday, but the dismissal of Catena actually put the hope of setting up a return.
Real reached the Copa semi-finals for the third time in six seasons, the last victory of the 2020 edition.
With agency entries
