Neymar bags brace as Barca advance in dramatic circumstances
MADRID, SPAIN - JANUARY 28: (EDITORS NOTE: Retransmission of #462422264 with alternate crop.) Fernando Torres of Club Atletico de Madrid celebrates after scoring his team's opening goal during the Copa del Rey Quarter Final Second Leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona at Vicente Calderon Stadium on January 28, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
Neymar scored twice to lead Barcelona past nine-man Atletico Madrid and into the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 3-2 victory that went from pulsating to unseemly at Vicente Calderon Stadium tonight.
Barcelona advanced 4-2 on aggregate to meet Villarreal or Getafe next.
Barcelona won the first leg 1-0, but Atletico's Fernando Torres needed just 39 seconds to score and set off an electric first half.
Lionel Messi started the first of two counterattacks for Neymar to strike in the ninth minute.
Atletico's Raul Garcia converted a penalty in the 30th, but Miranda's own goal left Atletico reeling before Neymar scored before halftime.
Atletico self-destructed with Gabi Fernandez sent off during a halftime scuffle. Mario Suarez was ejected in the 84th.
Did Arda Turan throw his boot at a linesman?
Torres made it 1-0 to Atletico:
Neymar made it 1-1 when he latched onto this sublime through ball from Luis Suarez:
Raul Garcia made it 2-1 to Atletico:
A Miranda own-goal levelled matters:
Neymar made it 3-2 to Barcelona with this effort:
