BARCELONA: Villarreal won 1-0 at Getafe to advance to a Copa del Rey semi-final against Barcelona on a 2-0 aggregate score on Thursday.

Athletic Bilbao will meet Espanyol in the other semi-final.

Villarreal entered with a 1-0 lead from the opening leg and held Getafe in check until striker Gerard Moreno sealed their place among the final four teams with a goal in the 78th minute.

Barcelona knocked out Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. The Catalan club host Villarreal at Camp Nou on Feb 11.

Joel Campbell debuted for Villarreal after his arrival from Arsenal on loan.

Bilbao eliminated Malaga thanks to Aritz Aduriz’s goal three minutes after halftime for a 1-0 victory after they drew without goals in the opening leg. Aduriz tapped in Markel Susaeta’s pass to cap a quick attack started from a goalkick.

Espanyol moved on despite a 1-0 loss at Sevilla, advancing 3-2 over both legs.

Espanyol left back Anaitz Arbilla curled a free kick-off the crossbar for Espanyol’s best scoring chance just two minutes after kick-off.

The Barcelona-based side then withstood Sevilla’s constant push until substitute Diogo Figueras struck with a long-range shot two minutes from time.

Published in Dawn, January 31st, 2015

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