And so we know Barcelona will be playing on 30 May. We will be live-texting that final as you'd probably expect.

Where they play is still unknown and who they play will be known in around 90 minutes.

Barca clinical tonight. Not jaw-droppingly good as we know they can be but efficient and the only likely winners when they were faced with 10 men.

Keep your eyes on the BBC's European football index for the latest on Espanyol v Athletic Bilbao but for now, I will bid you goodnight.

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The Copa del Rey is Spain's oldest football competition. Started in 1903, it pre-dates the Spanish league by a quarter of a century.

The trophy - which weighs roughly 33lbs - was re-made in 2011 after Sevilla requested to keep the one they lifted in 2010 to commemorate the year in which Spain claimed the World Cup.

Real Madrid won the new trophy and Sergio Ramos duly dropped it off the roof of their parade bus. Reports of it breaking into 10 pieces swiftly emerged.

Is it heading for the Nou Camp trophy cabinet for the 27th time?

No need for injury time here. This one is done and dusted. There was a game on until Tomas Pina saw red for his second very bad tackle of the night. From there Barca took control and Luis Suarez and Neymar struck to seal a 6-2 aggregate win.

They will meet Espanyol or Athletic Bilbao in the final. Kick-off in their second-leg - which is level at 1-1 - is in 15 minutes.

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Villarreal manager Marcelino is clapping Barcelona's third of the night. Patient build-up (what else) is capped by Neymar.

He lurks 12 yards from goal between defenders and when Xavi picks the ball up on the angle of the area, Neymar points where to put it. Xavi can put the ball on a piece of dust so he picks out the cross and the Brazilian cannot miss. His header leaves Asenjo helpless.

Incredibly, and I don't use that word lightly, Sergio Busquets is sat on the bench and has a cheerful smile on his face. That is not the look of a man who has just had his ankle broken.

If he is fit and healthy to play football any time soon after being brutally tackled in the lead up to Villarreal's goal then it borders on miracle.

Hs ankle was fully bent under challenge from Tomas Pina, who has since been sent off.

And speaking of brawlers...

I can hype the drama, build-up anticipation and hopefully keep you interested, but ladies and gents, I cannot promise this sort of boxing meets ball sport action ...

Please click this link to see what happens when Basketball in Spain gets heated. This week's meeting of Saski-Baskonia v Bilbao Basket. The latter won but the brawl will be what is remembered.

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Does anybody else miss Jose Manuel Pinto?

This guy was capable of brilliant stuff between the sticks and he always, always showed his face at the sight of any brawl or coming together.

It would appear he is now, at the age of 39, without a club after leaving Barca last summer. I think he should become a bull fighter. I'd fancy his chances.

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Arsenal loanee Joel Campbell gets a yellow for a tackle from behind on Andres Iniesta. A few of those on the benches are a bit riled by it. Which brings me on to a man I'm sure we all miss...

Luciano Vietto has a real baby face. He makes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer look ancient.

The youngster looks deflated though as he sets to pull the trigger from 10 yards but Jeremy Mathieu is just able to flick the ball away from danger with a timely header.

Number 18 on the way...

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"I've walked Las Ramblas, but not with real intent", sang the Manic Street Preachers in their 1998 hit 'If you tolerate this Your Children will be next'.

The song's theme is the Spanish civil war, but thesedays, walk Las Ramblas - a famous street in the heart of Barcelona - and you'll find shops, performers (including one doing football tricks) and eateries.

It measures around 0.75 miles and when Barcelona win meaningful silverware (or beat Real Madrid), it becomes a hub of celebration.

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Javier Mascherano is a booking away from missing the final so he gets the hook and Ivan Rakitic is on. We will be seeing plenty of Mascherano going forward as Sergio Busquets will surely be ruled out for the long term.

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South Americans combine and Barcelona are heading into the Copa del Rey final. Javier Mascherano, from a deep area, floats a ball over Villarreal's back line and Luis Suarez has a wrestling match to get beyond the last man, out comes the goalkeeper, around him Suarez goes. The yellow net ripples and that will be that.

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Neymar to seal it...he's run from the halfway line...saved well by Sergio Asenjo.

These counter-attack chances are going to arrive thick and fast now and he looked hungry there, ignoring support from two Barca players.

Athletic Bilbao have not won a major tournament since success in the Copa del Rey back in 1984. Espanyol are nine years without major silverware.

So much is on the line when the sides meet - poised at 1-1 from the first-leg- at 21:00 GMT and it is without doubt the biggest game Espanyol's Estadi Cornella-El Prat has housed since it opened five years ago.

The pair sit mid-table in La Liga, so defeat would virtually mean the end of the season for both and an early trip - mentally at least - on summer holiday.

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Luis Suarez with an angled run in the box and Andres Iniesta puts the sat nav on to locate the move. A sliding pass reaches Suarez but he cannot quite flick the ball home from six yards as bodies squeezed him out.

This one all over? TomasPina has ruined our fun...

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The midfielder has been physical and aggressive in the tackle all night - just ask the stretchered Sergio Busquets.

This time a red card comes out of the pocket and with it, surely hopes of a final appearance are extinguished.

Pina lunged in on Neymar with a tackle from behind. Not only did he dive, it was down the back of Neymar's legs so he had no way of hurdling it.

Xavi in for Rafinha. It must be tough to see this symbol of Spanish football comnig on when you are chasing a game. Good luck getting the ball of him as the clock ticks down. He can play in a phone box.

Luciano Vietto is busy but raw for Villarreal. His eagerness has got him goals this season without a doubt but he sometimes wants to beat people when better options exists. This time he is held up down the right flank.

Manu Trigueros with a bang from range is well wide and that allows time for some changes. Giovani dos Santos on for Ikechukwu Uche. Xavi is warming up for Barca and will be on momentarily.

Barcelona are that boxer who knows they are in trouble but is doing just enough to bounce and avoid serious trauma.

The left-flank, AGAIN, is Villarreal's probing point and a pull-back evades everyone but when the ball is recycled and put back into the mixer, Cheryshev is lurking at the back post to drill a volley across goal and Marc-Andre ter Stegen does well to hold it.

A New Zealand rugby charge would be happy with that handling.