Barça 35-32 Anaitasuna: Into the semi finals

Barça are into the semi finals of the Copa del Rey after Carlos Ortega's team overcame a defiant Anaitasuna in the quarter finals. The blaugranes are now still on course for a ninth consecutive win in the competition. 

In the first half Barça set the pace but Anaitasuna proved to be doughty opposition and the blaugranes had to work hard to take a 19-15 half time lead. 

After the break their opponents remained in the game until man of the match Luka Cindric took control scoring 11 goals in the contest. Barça closed out a 35-32 win and they now meet Frigoríficos Morrazo in the semi final on Saturday at 7pm CET. 

MATCH STATS 

Barça, 35

Helvetia Anaitasuna, 32

Barça: Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (p.), Thiagus Petrus, Ludovic Fàbregas (3), Dika Mem (5), Haniel Langaro, Aleix Gómez (8), Aitor Ariño -starting seven-, Luka Cindric (11), Timothey N'Guessan (2), Yussef Benali (1), Blaz Janc (1), Melvyn Richardson(3), Ángel Fernández (1), Ali Zein and Domen Makuc.

Helvetia Anaitasuna: Juan Manuel Bar (p.), Ander Izquierdo (4), Antonio Bazán (4), Arthur Pereira (5), Álvaro Gastón (3), Juan del Arco (2), Carlos Chocarro (5) -starting seven-, Marcos Cancio (p.s.), Héctor González, Iban Meoki (1), Xabier Etxeberria (3), Edu Fernández (4), Aitor García, Aitor Albizu, Mikel Redondo (1) and Pavel Bulkin.