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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24169307" data-attributes="member: 158020">Barcelona 6 Sevilla 1 (6-3 agg):  Coutinho at the double in Copa del Rey comeback   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/30/22/9199032-6650129-image-a-30_1548887010215.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Philippe Coutinho scored twice as Barcelona produced a brilliant comeback in  the second leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final against Sevilla, a thumping  6-1 win sealing a last-four place.Sevilla, beaten in the final by Barca in two  of the past three years, deservedly won the first leg at home 2-0 when Ernesto  Valverde's decision to rest captain Lionel Messi backfired badly.    Messi was back in the team for Wednesday's return at Camp Nou and he inspired  a dramatic comeback that saw Ivan Rakitic and Sergi Roberto add to Coutinho's  well-taken brace before Luis Suarez and the Barca captain himself  compounded Sevilla's misery.   Before Messi and Suarez made sure of Barca's progression, Guilherme Arana -  after a VAR review for a penalty at the other end - had set up a grandstand  finish, while Ever Banega having a first-half penalty saved by Jasper Cillessen  proved a key moment in the second leg.Barcelona have won the Copa del Rey in  each of the last four seasons and the LaLiga leaders are on track to make it  five in a row after a stunning performance.   Coutinho's error contributed to Sevilla's second goal last week but he gave  Barca a 13th-minute lead when Quincy Promes' challenge on Messi resulted in a  penalty the Brazilian stroked home.   Barca were grateful to Cillessen for two big saves in close succession, as he  magnificently pushed Andre Silva's flicked backheel on to the post, then dived  to his left to keep out Banega's poor penalty after Gerard Pique bundled over  Roque Mesa.The tie was all-square in the 31st minute when Arthur's sensational  pass sent Rakitic clear for a delicately poked finish the former Sevilla  midfielder refused to celebrate scoring.   Barca led 3-0 early in the second half, Coutinho stooping to head a driven  Suarez cross through Juan Soriano's weak hands.The capitulation from Sevilla -  thrashed 5-0 by Barca in last year's final - was seemingly completed 103 seconds  later by Roberto's rifled first-time finish from a deflected Messi pass.   But after Coutinho had a penalty appeal for a handball against Daniel Carrico  rejected, Sevilla went down the other end with Arana hammering a drive past  Cillessen's grasping fingertips, although there was a VAR check before awarding  the goal.   In a frantic finale Sevilla could not find the second strike they needed to  progress on away goals and, with the visitors over-committed, Suarez finished  off a rapid break before Messi atoned for a pair of remarkable misses with the  clincher.</blockquote>

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