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Round-up: Athletic win at Villarreal to progress
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Published 13/01/2016 at 22:58 GMT
Athletic Bilbao, whose 23 Spanish Cup triumphs are only bettered by Barcelona's 27, progressed to the last 16 of the Copa del Rey when forward Inaki Williams struck to secure a 1-0 win at Villarreal and a 4-2 victory over the two legs.
Inaki Williams
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Bilbao, who lost to Barca in the final last season and in 2012, have reached the last eight for three consecutive seasons.
Third-tier Cadiz, who went through to the last 16 after Real Madrid were expelled for fielding an ineligible player, fell 2-0 at Celta Vigo and were eliminated 5-0 on aggregate.
Las Palmas beat Eibar 3-2 at home in the Canary Islands last week and won by the same scoreline in the Basque country to advance 6-4.
In the remaining two ties, Atletico Madrid, the 2013 winners, and Rayo Vallecano are level at 1-1 and Gary Neville's Valencia lead Granada 4-0 before Thursday's second legs.
Sevilla knocked out city rivals Real Betis and second-division Mirandes, the only non-La Liga side left in the competition, eliminated Deportivo La Coruna on Tuesday.
The quarter-finals will be played over two legs later this month, with the semi-finals at the start of February and the final on May 21.
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