Barcelona earn place in last eight
MADRID, Spain -- Teenage midfielder Andres Iniesta netted an early goal Wednesday as Barcelona beat Second Division Levante 3-1 and reached the Copa del Rey quarterfinals on a 3-2 aggregate score.
In other third-round second-leg games, Valencia defeated Osasuna 2-0 to win through 4-2, while second-division Alaves drew 1-1 with Valladolid and advanced on away goals.
In other matches, Celta de Vigo drew 2-2 with Malaga for a 3-2 aggregate win, while Zaragoza drew 1-1 with Real Betis to win 4-2.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Barcelona leveled the overall score after five minutes when the 19-year-old Iniesta shot home from close range after goalkeeper Jose Luis Aizpurua had parried a shot by Argentine striker Javier Saviola.
Saviola, playing in place of the injured Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert, seized on a through ball by midfielder Xavi Hernandez to double Barcelona's lead on the stroke of halftime.
Ronaldinho added Barcelona's third goal with a 66th-minute penalty, awarded after Levante defender Tomas Olias was adjudged to have fouled the busy Saviola.
Colombian striker Edwin Congo gave Levante hope with a goal four minutes from time, leaving Barcelona to face a nervous spell before the final whistle.
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard chose not to give a debut to the club's new signing from Juventus, Edgar Davids, saying the Dutch international midfielder was not fully fit.
Even though it had drawn the first leg in Valencia, Osasuna could do nothing on its home turf to stop the league leaders.
Spanish international midfielder Vicente Rodriguez gave Valencia the lead in the 28th minute with an angled shot from the left of the goal.
Midfielder Francisco Perez Rufete fired the second goal after Osasuna goalkeeper Juantxo Elia blocked a back-heel by Miguel Angel Angulo in the 59th.
Osasuna was reduced to 10 men in the 77th minute when Argentine midfielder Gerardo Rivero was red carded for a foul on his compatriot Pablo Aimar.
With the first leg at Alaves ending goalless, Argentine forward Mauricio Astudillo's 83rd-minute header made the aggregate score 1-1 and sent his team into the next round, the only lower division team to do so.
Valladolid had appeared to be heading for the last eight after Alaves defender Jesus Galvan deflected David Sousa's free kick past his own goalkeeper in the 14th minute.
Celta's Brazilian midfielder Vagner, who also scored his team's goal in the first leg, netted two more to eliminate Malaga.
Malaga took three minutes to level the overall score when defender Juanito Gutierrez netted from close range. Vagner leveled on the hour when the ball rebounded off him from an attempted clearance by defender Vicente Valcarce.
Malaga striker Salva Ballesta headed home in the 68th minute, but only a minute later Vagner fired home to send his team through.
Betis striker Fernando Fernandez scored a spectacular ninth-minute goal from outside the penalty area but it wasn't enough to keep Betis in the competition.
Zaragoza leveled the second leg in the last minute through David Villa's penalty, which led to Betis goalkeeper Toni Prats being dismissed.
