Six Liga BBVA teams through to the next round of the Copa del Rey

Some of the sixteen teams who are to compete in the Copa del Rey round of 16 are now known. Some of them had already qualified and today Getafe CF, Levante UD, RCD Espanyol, Granada CF, Villarreal CF and Real Sociedad made it to the next round.

In the 20:00 matches, Getafe beat SD Eibar 1-2. Cosmin Contra's men put the match to bed in the first half (0-2), having already won the first leg 3-0. Meanwhile, Levante made the most of the 1-1 they earned in the Carlos Belmonte with a goalless draw that takes them to the next round. Espanyol, for their part, beat a D. Alavés, who put up a superb fight but were eventually knocked out, 1-0.

In the second group of matches, Granada drew with Córdoba CF to seal an aggregate 2-1 victory and advance to the next round. Villarreal and Real Sociedad did the same. The former cruised to a 3-0 win over Cádiz, while the Txuri-urdin produced a simple 2-0 victory over a Real Oviedo who had made things difficult for them in the first leg in the Carlos Tartiere stadium.