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Barcelona survived a big scare against minnows Ibiza in the last 32, requiring a couple of late goals from Antoine Griezmann, before cruising to a 5-0 win over Leganes last time out in this competition. Athletic have already come through four rounds to make it this far, meanwhile, following up routine wins over Intercity and Sestao River with penalty shoot-out victories against Elche and Tenerife.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Copa del Rey quarter-final tie between Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona at San Mames.
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Quique Setien’s side have relinquished control of top spot in LaLiga to Real Madrid in recent weeks and, in the wake of public comments made by undisputed star man Lionel Messi this week, all is not well at Camp Nou. Athletic are 15 points worse off in the Spanish top flight and lost 2-0 at home to Getafe last weekend, but they will be looking to turn a bad week for Barca into a terrible one.