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Barcelona cruise to Copa semis with Levante thumping

Barcelona have cruised into the Copa del Rey semifinals with victory over Levante.

Barcelona beat Levante 5-1 on Wednesday evening and 9-2 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals of the Copa Del Rey.

Barca won last week's first leg 4-1 thanks to Cristian Tello's hat-trick, all set up by Lionel Messi.

As they did that night, Levante took the lead in the second leg when Loukas Vyntra's wayward header cannoned in off the unlucky Sergi Roberto for a ninth-minute own goal - but again Barca surged back at a rain-drenched Nou Camp.

Adriano's wicked curling, dipping finish left keeper Javi Jimenez helpless and Carles Puyol headed in Tello's corner a minute before half-time.

At 6-2 with 45 minutes to go, the tie was well and truly over, and when Alexis Sanchez tapped in Barca's third of the night after Jimenez fumbled Martin Montoya's tame shot, it was a question of how many.

Sanchez immediately netted an equally simple fourth, Jimenez unlucky this time after diverting Adriano's deflected shot onto the crossbar, and Cesc Fabregas completed the scoring via another deflection immediately before being substituted.

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