Barcelona vs. Villanovense: Score, Reaction from 2015 Copa del Rey Leg 2 Match
Sandro netted a hat-trick as Barcelona booked their place in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday with a 6-1 second-leg thrashing of third-tier Villanovense at the Camp Nou.The first leg ended in a surprising 0-0 draw, but Dani Alves andSandro put the hosts 2-0 up in no time to calm any nerves for the Catalans.
Juanfran's rasping drive from the edge of the box just before the half-hour gave Villanovense a tiny sliver of hope, but further goals from Sandro and Munir El Haddadi's double eventually saw the home team run out easy winners.
Barcelona provided both starting XIs ahead of kick-off, with Luis Enrique unsurprisingly making a number of changes from the weekend:
The Liga giants wasted no time in finding the first goal, Alves netting in the fourth minute with a wicked strike from over 30 yards.
The Brazilian found himself in space in the inside-right channel and let fly a screamer to open the scoring, per football writer Cristian Nyari:
Barca's second string looked more than comfortable in the opening exchanges, Adriano and Sergi Samper both having attempts on goal as the visitors could only chase the ball.
Sandro then doubled the lead after 20 minutes as he took full advantage of a gift from the visiting goalkeeper.
Attempting to pass out to his right-back, Jose Fuentes only succeeded in giving the ball straight to Barca's 20-year-old forward, who curled his finish into the top corner.
Following another spell of dominance from the hosts, Juanfran pulled one back for the minnows in 29th minute.
In a rare foray forward from the visitors, Juanfran received the ball just outside the box, and his dipping, right-footed strike soared past the flying Jordi Masip.
Even the home fans were impressed, per Spanish outlet Sport:
However, it did not spark an unlikely comeback, and Sandro restored Barca's two-goal cushion two minutes later after being put through on goal by Aitor's defence-splitting pass.
Enrique made a change at half-time, putting 20-year-old midfielderGerard Gumbau on in place of Alves and pushing Adriano back to right-back.
The defending Copa del Rey champions did not let up after the break as Munir made it 4-1 in the 51st minute.
The young Spaniard headed home Jeremy Mathieu's terrific cross from the left and nearly made it 5-1 four minutes later when he drew a sharp, low save from Fuentes.
Barcelona were happy to keep possession as the half wore on, and Sandro claimed his hat-trick in the 70th minute, firing home from 12 yards after the ball had fallen kindly to him in the penalty area.
Munir then netted his second to make it 6-1 as he finished off arguably the move of the match.
Sandro's backheel from a defence-splitting ball opened up acres of space in the box, and Munir eased a left-footed finish into the open net.
It was a clinical and nerveless performance from the Blaugrana and sees them easily through to the last 16 as they look to make it back-to-back Copa triumphs
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