Villarreal, Granada and Celta Vigo advance in Copa del Rey

Posted November 30, 2021 6:00 am

The Associated Press

MADRID (AP) - Villarreal and Granada cruised past sixth-division teams in the opening round of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday.

Villarreal trounced Victoria CF 8-0 and Granada routed Club Deportivo Laguna 7-0 to advance to the second round.

Celta Vigo got past fourth-division club Ebro 5-0.

This season's edition of the Copa includes teams from all six divisions of Spanish soccer with the lower-tiered clubs hosting the one-match series in the first round.

Other first-division teams that advanced Tuesday included Getafe and AlavÃ©s. Second-division teams Huesca, Valladolid and Sporting GijÃ³n also reached the second round.

AtlÃ©tico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, who will play in the Spanish Super Cup in January, are not playing in the opening round.

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