Barcelona advances to Copa quarterfinals; Sevilla eliminated

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Barcelona halted its struggles under new coach Quique Setien by routing Leganes and advancing to the Copa del Rey quarterfinals on Thursday, while Sevilla couldn't get past second-division club Mirandes. After Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 5-0 win over Leganes, five-time Copa champion Sevilla was stunned 3-1 by the small team from Miranda de Ebro, a city of about 35,000 people in northern Spain. Antoine Griezmann and Clement Lenglet scored first-half goals for Barcelona before Messi netted two and Arthur added another after the break as the Catalan club reached the last eight of the Copa for the 10th straight year.

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