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Sevilla knocks Barcelona out of Copa del Rey
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January 14, 2010, Thursday
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BARCELONA exited its first competition under coach Pep Guardiola when the defending champions dropped out of the Copa del Rey despite beating Sevilla 1-0 yesterday.
Sevilla advanced to the quarterfinals of the domestic cup on away goals after the two-leg series ended 2-2.
Barcelona's unrelenting second-half pressure paid off in the 64th minute as Xavi Hernandez chested down Ndri Romaric's weak clearance outside the area to curl a shot through a crowd and past the outstretched Andres Palop.
Lionel Messi hit the post and Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed an open goal after that as the titleholders pressed for the necessary goal to advance, but Palop was too good as he denied Messi in the closing moments.
"We eliminated, without a doubt, the best team in the world," Sevilla winger Diego Capel said.
Barcelona had won every competition it had competed in since Guardiola's arrival before the start of the 2008-09 season, lifting an unprecedented six major trophies along the way.
"It's not a problem," said Guardiola, who fielded a full-strength lineup.
"There are few things I can say to the team. We tried to come back, we played a great second half. We just have to recover going forward."
Sevilla will play Deportivo La Coruna after the Galician club scored twice in the second half to draw 2-2 against Valencia and advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Sevilla created the better first-half chances with goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto stretching to keep Ndri Romaric's sharp header out after just three minutes.
Sevilla was upset in the 20th when Alvaro Negredo was called for an inadvertent touch on Pinto, who had lost the ball well out of his goal with Jesus Navas ready to score into the empty goal.
The European champions, in need of at least two goals, nearly got the first eight minutes later as Ibrahimovic flashed a controlled volley across goal after Sevilla's defense failed to clear Messi's cross.
Barcelona started the second half with conviction and several chances before Xavi finally netted.
Andres Iniesta's individual effort was thwarted at the last moment just after Palop stretched to tip Ibrahimovic's header out as it looked certain for the top corner in the 52nd.
Palop then came out to block Messi's short-angled shot on the hour mark then denied Henry's low roller before the visitors finally scored.
Henry put Messi through but the world player of the year's soft chip over Palop landed just wide as the Spanish champions maintained the momentum, with Messi curling his shot off the far post in the 69th before Ibrahimovic volleyed wide.
The frantic pace continued as Jesus Navas led a 3-on-2 Sevilla breakout in the 77th, but Carles Puyol tipped out the winger's pass toward Negredo with the open goal beckoning.
Guardiola replaced Ibrahimovic and Daniel Alves with Bojan Krkic and Pedro Rodriguez in the 80th, just before Palop somehow got down to keep Messi's low shot out.
"The truth is that to go out the way we did, with so many chances ..." Messi said. "We didn't expect to go out, we had enough confidence that we would get through."
For Deportivo, Luis Filipe stole a poor back pass and slid around Carlos Marchena before nudging under Valencia goalkeeper Miguel Moya to start the rally in the 50th minute. The Brazilian left back stole again in the 71st and cut along the goal line before Juan Rodriguez redirected his short cross in at the near post for the equalizer that saw Deportivo continue its impressive season, which sees it fourth in the league standings.
Nicola Zigic scored both for Valencia, the 2008 champion.
The Serbia striker headed Miguel's cross past 'keeper Manuel Fernandez in the 11th and dove to meet the defender's cross again in the 29th, heading through Fernandez's legs.
Jeremy Mathieu had a clear chance for Valencia four minutes into injury time but skied his shot from inside the area.
Third-tier Alcorcon, which knocked Real Madrid out in the last round, couldn't maintain its good run as it drew 0-0 at Racing Santander to lose 3-2 on aggregate.
Racing will play Osasuna after Masoud Soleimani's impressive 49th-minute strike gave Osasuna a 1-0 win over second-division leader Hercules, which dropped out on away goals after the teams finished tied 2-2 overall.
Also, Roberto Soldado scored twice as Getafe routed Malaga 5-1 to easily advance 6-3.
On Thursday, Atletico Madrid must overcome a 3-0 deficit to Recreativo Huelva, and Rayo Vallecano leads Mallorca 2-1.
Second-division Celta Vigo advanced 2-1 on aggregate after beating Villarreal 1-0 on Tuesday.
Sevilla advanced to the quarterfinals of the domestic cup on away goals after the two-leg series ended 2-2.
Barcelona's unrelenting second-half pressure paid off in the 64th minute as Xavi Hernandez chested down Ndri Romaric's weak clearance outside the area to curl a shot through a crowd and past the outstretched Andres Palop.
Lionel Messi hit the post and Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed an open goal after that as the titleholders pressed for the necessary goal to advance, but Palop was too good as he denied Messi in the closing moments.
"We eliminated, without a doubt, the best team in the world," Sevilla winger Diego Capel said.
Barcelona had won every competition it had competed in since Guardiola's arrival before the start of the 2008-09 season, lifting an unprecedented six major trophies along the way.
"It's not a problem," said Guardiola, who fielded a full-strength lineup.
"There are few things I can say to the team. We tried to come back, we played a great second half. We just have to recover going forward."
Sevilla will play Deportivo La Coruna after the Galician club scored twice in the second half to draw 2-2 against Valencia and advance 4-3 on aggregate.
Sevilla created the better first-half chances with goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto stretching to keep Ndri Romaric's sharp header out after just three minutes.
Sevilla was upset in the 20th when Alvaro Negredo was called for an inadvertent touch on Pinto, who had lost the ball well out of his goal with Jesus Navas ready to score into the empty goal.
The European champions, in need of at least two goals, nearly got the first eight minutes later as Ibrahimovic flashed a controlled volley across goal after Sevilla's defense failed to clear Messi's cross.
Barcelona started the second half with conviction and several chances before Xavi finally netted.
Andres Iniesta's individual effort was thwarted at the last moment just after Palop stretched to tip Ibrahimovic's header out as it looked certain for the top corner in the 52nd.
Palop then came out to block Messi's short-angled shot on the hour mark then denied Henry's low roller before the visitors finally scored.
Henry put Messi through but the world player of the year's soft chip over Palop landed just wide as the Spanish champions maintained the momentum, with Messi curling his shot off the far post in the 69th before Ibrahimovic volleyed wide.
The frantic pace continued as Jesus Navas led a 3-on-2 Sevilla breakout in the 77th, but Carles Puyol tipped out the winger's pass toward Negredo with the open goal beckoning.
Guardiola replaced Ibrahimovic and Daniel Alves with Bojan Krkic and Pedro Rodriguez in the 80th, just before Palop somehow got down to keep Messi's low shot out.
"The truth is that to go out the way we did, with so many chances ..." Messi said. "We didn't expect to go out, we had enough confidence that we would get through."
For Deportivo, Luis Filipe stole a poor back pass and slid around Carlos Marchena before nudging under Valencia goalkeeper Miguel Moya to start the rally in the 50th minute. The Brazilian left back stole again in the 71st and cut along the goal line before Juan Rodriguez redirected his short cross in at the near post for the equalizer that saw Deportivo continue its impressive season, which sees it fourth in the league standings.
Nicola Zigic scored both for Valencia, the 2008 champion.
The Serbia striker headed Miguel's cross past 'keeper Manuel Fernandez in the 11th and dove to meet the defender's cross again in the 29th, heading through Fernandez's legs.
Jeremy Mathieu had a clear chance for Valencia four minutes into injury time but skied his shot from inside the area.
Third-tier Alcorcon, which knocked Real Madrid out in the last round, couldn't maintain its good run as it drew 0-0 at Racing Santander to lose 3-2 on aggregate.
Racing will play Osasuna after Masoud Soleimani's impressive 49th-minute strike gave Osasuna a 1-0 win over second-division leader Hercules, which dropped out on away goals after the teams finished tied 2-2 overall.
Also, Roberto Soldado scored twice as Getafe routed Malaga 5-1 to easily advance 6-3.
On Thursday, Atletico Madrid must overcome a 3-0 deficit to Recreativo Huelva, and Rayo Vallecano leads Mallorca 2-1.
Second-division Celta Vigo advanced 2-1 on aggregate after beating Villarreal 1-0 on Tuesday.
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