Munir El Haddadi scored both goals as Barcelona beat Espanyol 2-0 Wednesday to ease into the Copa del Rey's quarterfinals with a 6-1 victory on aggregate. Lionel Messi, two days after collecting his record fifth Ballon d'Or award, played El Haddadi through with a long pass to score Barcelona's opener in the 32nd minute. The 20-year-old El Haddadi netted his second with two minutes left. While the defending champion moved on, so did last year's finalist, Athletic Bilbao. Bilbao got a first-half goal from Inaki Williams to win 1-0 at Villarreal and advance 4-2 on aggregate. Celta Vigo finished off third-tier Cadiz 2-0 to advance with a 5-0 victory over two legs, while Las Palmas beat Eibar 3-2, matching the score from its first-leg victory. In Barcelona, almost all the players who participated in the most heated exchanges from the first leg — which Espanyol ended with nine men and was followed with a verbal confrontation in the Camp Nou tunnel — didn't start Wednesday. Barcelona was already without Luis Suarez, suspended for two matches for his insults directed at Espanyol's players, and Luis Enrique left Neymar and Gerard Pique on the bench. Pique had taunted Espanyol's fans after the first leg. Transfer ban on Real and Atletico FIFA has banned Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid from signing players in next two transfer windows for breaching rules relating to signing players under the age of 18. The Spanish clubs can still sign players in the current transfer window but will be banned from making additions to their squads until after the 2016-17 season. Barcelona served a similar sanction for 2015 after stalling the transfer ban to enable them to sign players in the 2014 window. FIFA says Atletico has also been fined 900,000 Swiss francs ($900,000) and Real Madrid fined 360,000 Swiss francs ($360,000). Marseille out, PSG marches on Marseille's mediocer season took a new hit Wednesday when the ailing Ligue 1 side was knocked out of the French League Cup, while its arch rival Paris Saint Germain progressed to the semifinals. Toulouse put paid to Marseille's hopes with a 2-1 extra time quarterfinal away win at the Velodrome, its goals coming from Ben Yedder and Danish international Martin Braithwaite. Toulouse was joined in the semifinals by Lille, which saw off Guingamp 4-2 on penalties after extra time ended goalless, with Lille keeper Vincent Enyeama stopping two spot-kicks. Holder Paris Saint Germain also progressed with goals in either half from Adrien Rabiot and Lucas, who was brilliantly set up by Angel Di Maria, who came off the bench to provide the runaway Ligue 1 leader with the goal that clinched a 2-1 home win over Lyon and keep them on target for a third successive title. Completing the last four line-up are Bordeaux, 2-0 winners over Lorient Tuesday. AC Milan in semifinals Carlos Bacca scored one goal and set up another and AC Milan held on to beat Carpi 2-1 Wednesday to reach the Italian Cup semifinals. Milan will next face either second-division Spezia or third-division Alessandria.
