Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Copa del rey f.c. Barcelona-villanovense 6-1

Barcelona reached the last 16 of the Copa del Rey with an emphatic home victory over third-tier Villanovense.
Dani Alves scored the opener from long range, 20-year-old forward Sandro Ramirez hit a a hat-trick, while Munir El Haddadi, also 20, got two goals.
Lionel Messi was left out of the squad, while Andres Iniesta, Neymar and Luis Suarez were unused substitutes.
Juanfran hit a consolation for the visitors, who had held Luis Enrique's La Liga side 0-0 in the first leg
That tie was played earlier than scheduled to allow Barca to play in the Fifa Club World Cup in Japan, where the Spanish club enter at the semi-final stage on 17 December.

2 December 2015; 16 in Squad to Face Villanovense, Lionel Messi Rested


After following Clásico victory with two more brilliant wins, the next challenge for FC Barcelona is their Copa del Rey round of 32 second leg at home to Villanovense (8.00pm CET) The visitors may play their league football in the third-tier Division 2B, but after holding the European champions to a shock 0-0 draw in their own stadium, at the halfway point they’re very much still involved in this tie