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Barcelona Beat Murcia 5-0 to Advance to Copa del Rey Last 16

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Barcelona eased through to the last 16 of the 2017-18 Copa del Rey as they completed an 8-0 aggregate defeat of third-tier Real Murcia with a 5-0 win at the Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Paco Alcacer opened the scoring for a much-changed Barca early in the first half, and captain Gerard Pique doubled the lead soon after half-time.

Aleix Vidal then headed home the third on the hour before strikes from Denis Suarez and Jose Arnaiz capped a very comfortable evening for Ernesto Valverde's side.

Both clubs provided their lineups ahead of kick-off:

The hosts inevitably took control right from the off, Nelson Semedo and Vidal looking particularly sharp early on.