Sergio Ramos scored once and Isaac Romero twice to give Sevilla the road victory and put the southern Spanish club in the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.
Sevilla left behind its Spanish league struggles on Tuesday, defeating Getafe 3- 1 to reach the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.
Athletic Bilbao also advanced, beating Alaves 2- 0 to make it to the last- eight for the fifth straight season.
Sergio Ramos scored formerly and Isaac Romero doubly to give Sevilla the road palm and put the southern Spanish club in the quarterfinals for the alternate successive time. Sevilla will try to make it to last- four for the first time since 2021.
Sevilla won its last four Copa matches but has only one palm in its last 14 league games. The platoon counseled by Quique Sanchez Flores has 16 points from 20 league matches and sits only one point outside the deportation zone.
Ramos opened the scoring with a title in the eighth nanosecond, but he failed to completely clear a cross that led to Jaime Mata’s equalizer from inside the area in the 23rd. Romero put Sevilla ahead again in the 48th and sealed the palm in the 55th.
Sevilla was excluded by eventual runner- up Osasuna in redundant time in last time’s quarterfinals. It lost to Barcelona in the semifinals in 2021.
Getafe, which is 10th in the Spanish league, was trying to reach the Copa quarterfinals for the first time since 2019. It hadn’t advanced past the third round since that season.
Sevilla’s coming match is at Spanish league leader Girona on Sunday, while Getafe visits Osasuna.
Athletic defeated Alaves at home with striker Asier Villalibre scoring pretensions in the 28th and 60th twinkles.
Athletic, sitting third in the Spanish league standings, reached the Copa semifinals the last two seasons, and was runner- up both in 2020 and 2021.
Alaves, 13th in the league, was trying to make it to the Copa’s last- eight for the first time since 2018.
Also Tuesday, Mallorca defeated second- division club Tenerife 1- 0 in redundant time with a thing by Canada striker Cyle Larin in the 120th nanosecond, reaching the quarterfinals for the alternate time in three seasons. Tenerife was playing in the round of 16 for the first time since 2020.
In matches between first- division clubs on Wednesday, Girona will host Rayo Vallecano, Real Sociedad will visit Osasuna and Valencia will drink Celta Vigo.
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