Ferran Torres connected a hat-trick when Barcelona enrupted Valencia 5-0 on Thursday to navigate the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. Fermin López and Lamine Yamal were also in the target for the record winners of 31 times to the Spanish Cup, since they threw victory at an annoying Mestalla stadium. Previously, the Royal Society progressed with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Osasuna of 10 men, joining Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid in a Fort Fort. The former forward of Valencia, Torres, took the applause with his triplet within 30 minutes, taking full advantage of Barça Hansi Flick coach to rest the striker Robert Lewandowski.
“We think it would be a very difficult game, because here in Mestalla it is always a hard land to play,” Torres told TVE.
“We were lucky to score early goals and in the end we sink them.”
The Spanish scored in the third minute, running towards a good Alejandro Balde through the ball and ending clinically against his previous team.
Torres scored the second after 17 minutes when the shot of the adolescent Yamal bounced on the post back to his way.
López put Barcelona three in the middle of the first half with a well -intermittent race found by Pedri González, the rounded goalkeeper stole Dimitrievski and the house.
Torres completed his hat-trick after half an hour with a precise low finish after Raphinha raised it to the edge of the box.
The brilliant exhibition of the former Manchester City end offered food to think, with Barcelona scoring at least five goals in the last four games where the Polish veteran Lewandowski has not begun.
Some Valencia fans began to leave the Mestalla stadium with IRA, a constant theme around the club with the owner Peter Lim criticized by supporters with songs and banners.
This was Valencia’s second beating in Barça’s hands in the two-week space, after the Catalans triumphed 7-1 at home in the league.
‘Suffer like this’
Valencia had a rare moment of joy at the beginning of the second half when Umar Sadiq found the network, but the goal was discarded offside.
The Nigerian striker won a penalty, but that was also discarded after he was shown to be off the accumulation again.
At the other end, Yamal hit the post again, but this time the ball already flew a safe place for Valencia.
The 17 -year -old Spain star obtained its goal eventually with a low effort that took a small deviation and beat Dimitrievski, which could still have kept it out.
“I am very happy with the team, how they played, we created opportunities and scored them from the beginning and that helped us a lot,” Flick told TVE.
“(Attack) is the style in which we want to play, you know that the hunger that the team has to go for the next goal … is a young team and focus on scoring goals.”
Valencia is 19th in the League, four points of security and Torres said he hoped they could survive in the highest category.
“I hope Valencia will save because in the end I am just another fan,” added the striker.
“It’s hard to see the club of your youth and your life suffering like this, they are really spending it.”
The coach of Valencia, Carlos Corberan, said his team had been injured by defeat.
“It is a very difficult loss, especially difficult because we feel the same as we did after the League game, but in front of our fans in Mestalla,” he said.
“We have to give a better account of ourselves … fans deserve much more than we have been able.”
In San Sebastián Ander Barrenetxea and Brais Méndez hit the real hosts before Osasuna made Alejandro Catena send it for a wild challenge after 35 minutes.
Osasuna defeated the same opposition 2-1 in the league on Sunday, but the dismissal of Catena ended up any hope of returning.
The Real reached the semifinals of the Cup for the third time in six seasons, winning the last in the 2020 edition.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and was automatically generated from a union feed).
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