Mirandes 2-1 (4-4) Espanyol
Mallorca 0-1 (0-3) Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona 2-2 (4-3) Real Madrid
Levante 0-3 (1-7) Valencia
Third division side CD Mirandes has knocked off three Primeria Division sides in a row, first Villarreal, then Racing Santander, and now Espanyol. Rui Fonte scored just after the break for Espanyol, but just ten minutes later Munoz Pablo Infante leveled for the underdogs. Mirandes won this game on the away goals tie breaker, with Fernandez Cesar Caneda scoring at the end of full time to win 2-1 and secure the draw and aggregate victory.
Athletic Bilbao went to Mallorca with a two goal advantage. An Ivan Ramis own goal gave them the win here, and set up a semifinal matchup again Mirandes.
The second leg of the Barcelona/Real Madrid matchup saw a commanding performance from the visitors, and probably their best performace against a Guardiola side to date. Pedro and Dani Alves scored at the very end of the first half. Madrid came back strong in the second half, bucking the trend of recent clasicos where they dominate early only to concede possession then goals as the match wears on. Cristiano Ronaldo and then Karim Benzema scored in quick succession to pull the visitors within one in the second leg. A third goal would have put Madrid ahead on the away goals tiebreaker, but it did not come, and we see Barcelona on to the semifinals to face third place Valencia.
In the most lopsided tie of the quarterfinals, third place Valencia demolished fourth place Levante by six goals over the two-legged matchup. Aritz Aduriz opened the scoring this time, while Pablo Piatti added a brace (Piatti also scored in the reverse fixture). Levante drew five yellow cards, with Oscar Serrano on his second to put the home side down to ten men after only 38 minutes.
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