Fc Barcelona comfortably secured their expected passage through to the Copa del Rey final this evening after beating Almeria 3-0 to record an 8-0 aggregate victory.
Barca will now face the winner of this evening's other semi-final between Real Madrid and Sevilla, with Jose Mourinho's men leading 1-0 from the away leg.
Barca coach Pep Guardiola, whose side won 8-0 on their last visit to the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterraneos in the league before Christmas, opted to rest a number of his first-choice regulars with the tie all but done and dusted.
Almeria - playing at this stage for the first time ever - went close to opening the scoring when Feghouli hit the post in the 27th minute with the first real chane of the game, but within seven minutes of that effort Barca were ahead through a fine individual goal from Adriano.
Barca, looking to extend their tournament-best record of Copa del Rey crowns to 26, made it 2-0 through Thiago in the 55th minute with a looping header into the far corner of the net.
Afellay then wrapped up the scoring 10 minutes later with his first goal for the club, the former PSV Eindhoven man thumping a low shot past Esteban Suarez.
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