Barcelona vs Sevilla: Coutinho, Rakitic score in Barca's 6-1 thrashing of Sevilla

- Barcelona vs Sevilla Copa del Rey last eight match ended in a seven-goal thriller at Nou Camp

- The defending champions qualified on a 6-3 aggregate after recording a 6-1 win in the fixture

- Coutinho scored a brace while Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Suarez and Messi got the other goals

Barcelona vs Sevilla's Copa del Rey quarter final match ended in a 6-1 victory in favour of defending champions as Barca book their place into the semi finals with a 4-3 aggregate.

Ernesto Valverde's side knew they had to give a good fight to overturn the first leg the two-goal cushion in the first leg.

And it did not take long for La Blaugrana to make their intentions known as Lionel Messi was fouled in the box and he handed the penalty kick to teammate Phillipe Coutinho.

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The Brazilian buried the ball into the goalkeeper's right-hand corner to put his team back into the contest in the 13th minute to make it 1-0.

In the 27th minute, Sevilla were also rewarded with their own penalty as Eva Banega wasted the opportunity to restore the lead on aggregate.

Ivan Rakitic put the Barca up by 2-0 in the 31st minute with a deaf touch after timing his run to perfection from an Arthur's pass to level the aggregate by 2-2.

The match was thrown wide open in the second half as Barcelona pushed further in getting more goals which they did in the 53rd minute.

Coutinho completed his brace as the Catalan giants went up by 3-0 courtesy of an assist from Luiz Suarez.

The La Liga champions scored their fourth as Sergi Roberto registered his name on the score sheet as Messi provided the assist to make it 4-0 in the 54th minute.

Just when Barca were coasting to victory Sevilla were handed a lifeline as Guilherme Arana put the visitors back into the match from a Banega's pass in the 68th minute to make it 4-1.

At this point Sevilla just needed one more goal to send the match into extra time as they piled up the pressure on the home side.

Suarez scored in the 89th minute as Barcelona went ahead by a 5-1 as they sealed their place in the semi finals.

But Messi was not done yet as he deservedly scored his goal in the 90th minute to put the final nail in the coffin. It ended 6-1 at the Camp Nou.

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