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Barcelona knocked Valencia out of the Copa del Rey last night after goals from Cesc and Xavi. The aggreagate score was 3-1 after the 1-1 draw in teh first leg and Valencia went one man down thanks to two yellow cards. TVNZ News quoted Cesc Fabregas after the match:

“It’s been a very long road against some very tough teams but we want to be in all the finals we possibly can,” Fabregas said in a television interview.

“It’s going to be a great final because Bilbao have some fantastic players and we’ll have to be at our best,” he added of the title match, the date and location of which have yet to be confirmed by the Spanish soccer federation.

Read “Football: Fabregas shines as Barca reach King’s Cup final” at TVNZ News

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Barcelona went a goal down to Valencia in the first half of the Copa del Rey semifinal last night. Valencia’s lead over the tired looking Catalans didn’t last though; according to AFP:
Barcelona were back on level terms eight minutes later as the talismanic Puyol leapt highest at the back post to head into the net [...]

Real Madrid visited the Nou Camp last night in the return leg of the Copa del Rey. Despite the criticisms levelled at the after last week’s defeat – or perhaps because of them – Madrid came on fighting and for much of the match it looked like they might be able to make up for [...]

FC Barcelona once again beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in their Copa del Rey tie at the Bernabeu last night. Despite going 1-0 down thanks to a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo and ending the first half without a goal, the Catalans bounced back after the break, with an equaliser from carles Puyol off a [...]

Barcelona played an uninspired match against Osasuna in the second leg of the Copa del Rey last 16, eventually winning 2-1. As UEFA says:
Having won the Camp Nou leg 4-0, the second leg was set to be a formality, but Osasuna gave an unfamiliar-looking Barcelona side a tough ride in the first half, taking the [...]

Barcelona beat Osasuna 4-0 last night in their first game of 2012. The match, which took place at the Nou Camp, was without David Villa due to his broken leg and Lionel Messi made an unexpected appearance after being expected to sit the match out due to flu. According to IBNLive:
Despite some notable absentees in [...]

Barcelona soundly beat Hospitalet last night with a total of nine goals to go through to the next round of the Copa del Rey with a 10-0 aggregate score. According to Firstpost:
Pep Guardiola showed Hospitalet no mercy as the Barcelona coach fielded a full-strength side that demolished the third-tier team 9-0 to reach the last [...]

FC Barcelona made the short trip to Hospitalet last night to secure a one goal win against third tier Hospitalet. The town is Catalonia’s second largest town and in reality a suburb of Barcelona. As ibnlive reports:
Andres Iniesta struck just before half-time to give Barcelona a narrow victory over local rivals Hospitalet in the teams’ [...]