Recreativo de Huelva and Sevilla provided the cupsets of the round so far as they both finished the first leg ahead of their supposed superior rivals. In yesterdays tie at the Camp Nou, Barcelona and Sevilla both had grounds for complaint regarding the performance of referee Alfonso Burrull as Bojan and Diego Capel had goals incorrectly chalked off, whereas the penalty awarded to Sevilla appeared to occur outside of the box. Burrul is indebted to both coaches as they made no mention of his performance is their post-match interviews, with Guardiola even happy to take the blame for Barcas defeat. The highlight of the match was Ibrahimovics delightfully-taken goal. The big Swede is unplayable at the moment.Atletico Madrid seem to be taking one step forward and two steps back right now. The win over Sevilla at the weekend was supposed to be a case of corner turned after a disastrous last half of 2009, but they faltered badly in Huelva and left 3-0 down on aggregate and in serious danger of being knocked out of the only competition they could still realistically win this season. Recreativo were dominant from start to finish and were already 1-0 up when Ujfalusi committed a recklessly high tackle which earned him a deserved straight red and left his teammates in the lurch for the remainding 70 minutes. The usually calm Quique Sanchez Flores was livid with his players lack of professionalism and made it clear that he would not persist with players who 'continue to dissapoint'. Other news to come out of the club was that midfielder Maxi Rodriguez is on the verge of a move to English club Liverpool for a fee of about €1.5m. The second move of a clearout that has already seen Sinama-Pongolle shipped off to Sporting Lisbon.
Copa Del Rey Last 16 First Leg Results
Barcelona 1 - 2 Sevilla
Recreativo Huelva 3 - 0 Atlético Madrid
Celta Vigo 1 - 1 Villarreal
Valencia 1 - 2 Deportivo La Coruña
Alcorcón 2 - 3 Racing Santander
Hercules 2 - 1 Osasuna
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 1 Mallorca
Málaga 2 - 1 Getafe