Cup Football – the Coppa Italia and the Copa del Rey

Shon Weissman came off the bench in the 63rd-minute to narrow Levante’s lead with his goal, but it was the best Valladolid could do after Levante fame from a goal down to take the lead. Levante advanced to the quarter finals from a 4-2 win against Valladolid.

A narrow 1-0 win for Villarreal to get past Girona to the Copa del Rey quarter finals.

Sergio Canales got Real Betis the equalizing goal in the 79th-minute when both teams had been reduced to 10 men by red cards. Canales extended the game into extra time; where Borja Iglesias scored two goals to win the game and advance Real Betis into the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey at the expense of Real Sociedad.

A Luke De Jong brace and a Ivan Rakitic goal in the opening 40 minutes sent Sevilla to the quarter finals of the Copa del Rey at Valencia’s expense.

Almeria moved on to the quarter finals after beating Alaves and Osasuna.
Almeria knocked out Osasuna from the Copa del Rey through PKO.
They will be the only team not from the Premiera Division.

Lionel Messi and Frenkie De Jong provided the goals for Barcelona to bounce back from a goal down to win away against Rayo Vallecano.

Granada moved on in the Copa del Rey after a convincing 6-0 away defeat of Navalcarnero (Segunda B)

Alcoyano had us believing they were about to slay another giant.
Athletic Club had to come from a goal down to win against Alcoyano.

The quarter finalist
Levante
Villarreal
Real Betis
Sevilla
Almería
Barcelona
Granada
Athletic Club

A Milan derby defeat and a cup exit for AC Milan.
It was a heated contest. Christian Eriksen took the opportunity from an injury time freekick by converting it to the winning goal for Inter Milan to sink a 10-man AC Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the only goal in the first half to hand AC Milan the lead, but failed to stay in the game after accumulating yellow cards for a send off in the 58th minute.

A 10-man Atalanta could have won the match by two goals if Duvan Zapata’s penalty in the 67th-minute hadn’t been saved. After a 2-2 draw in the opening half of the match, a 10-man Atalanta side got the winning goal of the match through Aleksey Muranchuck in the 57th-minute.

Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t needed for Juventus to secure a place in the semi final of the Coppa Italia with a home win against SPAL.

Spezia halved the lead in the second half but Napoli’s 4 first half goals were enough to send them through to the semis.

The Semifinal match-up
Atalanta vs Napoli
Inter Milan vs Juventus