FOOTBALL-Barcelona beats Barbastro and advances to the Spanish Cup
Barcelona had to work hard against fourth-division rivals as they booked their place in the Copa del Rey last 16 on Sunday with a 3-2 win in Barbastro, while Sevilla, Real Sociedad and Valencia claimed narrow wins to advance .
Fermín López opened the scoring for Barça in the 18th minute with a touch from a low cross by Raphinha, who then made it 2-0, collecting a good long ball from young debutant Héctor Fort in the 51st minute.
Even though Barcelona looked dominant, Adria de Mesa lifted the spirits of the home fans when he took advantage of a loose ball in the area to close the gap for Barbastro in the 60th minute.
Barbastro came close to equalizing, before substitute Robert Lewandowski made no mistake from the penalty spot to extend Barça's lead two minutes from time.
Marc Prat from Barbastro made it 3-2 in added time also from a penalty, but the locals could not prevent Xavi Hernández's team from taking the victory.
Elsewhere, an own goal from Einar Galilea early in the second half was enough for Real Sociedad to claim a 1-0 away victory over Málaga.
LaLiga's Las Palmas fell 2-0 to second-division side Tenerife with first-half goals from José María Amo, who was later sent off for a second caution, and Luismi Cruz. The visitors were also left with 10 men after Julián Araujo was sent off in the 76th minute.
Sevilla beat Racing Ferrol 2-1 thanks to a goal from Brazilian defender Marcao, who dedicated his shot in the first half to his father who died on Saturday, and another from Juanlu Sánchez, who scored at the end of the match.
Fran Manzara had equalized for Racing but received a second yellow card and was sent off in the 75th minute.
Villarreal's match against Unionistas Salamanca was suspended after power outages at the Reina Sofía stadium. Villarreal had taken the lead with a goal from Ilias Akhomach before a penalty from Alfred Planas sent the match into extra time.
The Spanish Football Federation later announced that the match would resume on Monday.
Osasuna, last season's Cup runners-up, struggled to overcome third-division side Castellón, and the match went to extra time before José Arnáiz's goal secured a 1-0 victory.
Valencia also had to dig deep to claim a 2-1 win against 10-man Cartagena after extra time, with Sergi Canós and José Luis Gaya scoring to send the LaLiga side through to the next round despite the hosts leading most of the game.
Athletic Bilbao easily beat Eibar 3-0, with all three goals in the first half, with a double from Asier Villalibre and Iker Muniain also on the scoreboard.
The draw for the round of 16 will take place on Monday and the matches are scheduled for January 17.
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