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Philippe Coutinho scored his first Barcelona goal as the Spanish side beat Valencia to reach a record fifth successive Copa del Rey final.<\/p>\n

Coutinho, making his fifth appearance since a \u00a3142m move from Liverpool, came on in the second half and acrobatically steered home from Luis Suarez\u2019s cross.<\/p>\n

That put Barca, cup winners in the past three years, 2-0 up on aggregate in the semi-final second leg in Valencia, before Ivan Rakitic added another.<\/p>\n

Barca will face Sevilla in the final.<\/p>\n

Valencia \u2013 who are third in La Liga, 18 points behind leaders Barca \u2013 had two key chances but were well beaten by a team that looks certain to win the league title.<\/p>\n

At 0-0, striker Rodrigo headed against the crossbar while Jasper Cillessen produced a stunning instinctive save to deny full-back Jose Luis Gaya from point-blank range following Coutinho\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n

After Rakitic coolly rounded off a late counter attack, finishing from Suarez\u2019s pass, Barca brought on 23-year-old Colombian defender Yerry Mina \u2013 a \u00a310.4m January signing from Palmeiras \u2013 for his debut.<\/p>\n

Sevilla, sixth in the Spanish table 25 points behind the leaders, reached their second Copa del Rey final in three seasons with a\u00a03-1\u00a0aggregate win over La Liga rivals Leganes.<\/p>\n

Barca have won the competition three times in a row since losing to Real Madrid in the 2014 final.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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