Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo played to a 0-0 draw and Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey Wednesday. Barcelona got the away victory but Aritz Aduriz's late goal kept Athletic alive going into next week's second leg at the Camp Nou. Atletico and Celta will play the return match at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid, where Atletico has won its last nine matches. Atletico relied on solid defending to keep the host from scoring, but Diego Simeone's team failed to take its chances on counterattacks. Celta nearly scored in the 82nd but Gabi Fernandez cleared the ball just in front of the goal line to maintain the deadlock. "It was an open match, but they had more ball possession," Simeone said. "Now any draw other than 0-0 will benefit them. We need the victory at any cost." The sides had met in the Spanish league just 10 days ago, with Atletico winning 2-0 in Vigo. Atletico Madrid leads the Spanish league with 47 points from 20 games. Barcelona is two points behind from 19 games. Celta is fifth with 34 points, also from 20 games. Barcelona was set for a 2-0 win at the San Mames in Bilbao, but Aduriz found the net in the 89th after Barcelona defender Dani Alves failed to clear a ball from inside the area. Athletic almost equalized a couple of minutes later after a ball deflected in front of the goal, but Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a good save to secure the win. Munir El Haddadi gave Barcelona the lead in the 18th after a cross by Ivan Rakitic, and Brazil striker Neymar increased the lead in the 25th after a long ball sent into the area. "Athletic pressured a lot," Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said. "It was complicated, but I'm satisfied with the result despite conceding the late goal." The Catalan club got the win — its fifth in a row — despite playing without Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. The quarterfinal matchup is a rematch of last year's final in the Copa del Rey, which Barcelona won 3-1. The teams also met in the Spanish Super Cup final a few weeks later, when Bilbao came out on top to win its first major title in more than 30 years. Juve sets up Inter semis In Rome, defending champion Juventus will take on Inter Milan for a place in the Italian Cup final after edging Lazio 1-0 in the quarterfinals Wednesday with goalline technology summoned to clarify the winning goal. On the back of 10 wins in a row in Serie A, Juventus grabbed the only goal of the night in the 66th minute at the Stadio Olimpico. Swiss international Stephan Lichtsteiner, a former Lazio star, was in the right place at the right time to nudge the ball over the line after a fierce drive from Simone Zaza had come off the crossbar. Lazio's Albanian goalkeeper Etrit Berisha thought he had done enough to thwart Lichtsteiner's close-range rebound but goalline technology showed the ball had just crossed the line. On Tuesday, Inter had defeated Napoli 2-0 in a match overshadowed by an ugly row between rival coaches Roberto Mancini and Maurizio Sarri. The other semifinal will be between third-division Alessandria and AC Milan.
