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88' Deulofeu has been hungry all night and he swivels past the defender to serve a delightful ball to Arnaiz who just can't apply the finishing touch to it.
83' Murcia on the front foot finally, but they still run into traffic. With only a limited number of bodies going forward, their options have remained limited throughout the night.
71' Murcia enjoying a brief spell of possession here, perhaps for the first time in this match, albeit in their own half. And... as soon as they venture into the attacking half, they relinquish position. Looks like that defensive seat they're sitting on is deep and real comfy.
67' Deulofeu releases Vidal into the right side of the box. Vidal drags it back for Alena but a last-ditch tackle saves Murcia from further embarrassment.
65' Barcelona look like they're heavily invested in a drill routine at La Masia and are taking all the space and time that will be afforded to them. And trust me, there is a lot of that on offer. A lot.
63' This match was done and dusted before it even began and there is absolutely nothing happening that suggests we have any more thrills to squeeze out of this game.
60' Aleix Vidal scores with his head! Semedo cuts one back from the right wing and Vidal leaps to get below it so he can loop it over Santome to the far corner.
58' Semedo once again, inadvertently albeit, runs the ball out for a goalkick. The man has pace but he is just a little too hesitant when it comes to cooling his heels.
Vidal drives in from the right side and squares one for Pique who is waiting on the edge of the 6 yard box and he gets enough of a touch on it to roll it into the back of the net.
Alena combines superbly with Deulofeu who makes a delightful turn and then tries to poke it into the side netting but his effort is deflected and the ball hits the post and it comes to nothing.
53' Vidal releases Deulofeu on the left flank and Deulofeu tries to cheekily pass it across the face of the Murcia goalkeeper but his shot is cleared for a corner. The subsequent corner is rubbish though and nothing comes of it.
48' Murcia try to get the ball out of their half but realize they are Murcia and lose the ball. Vidal takes a shot that would have made a division three footballer proud.
46' Barcelona look like they have no intention of upping the tempo in this half. They are shoving the ball around. Deulofeu finally breaks into the final third and tries to link up with Vidal but Murcia clear their lines.
That's that. Barcelona 5-0 Real Murcia.
Barcelona are through to the next round of the Copa Del Rey and they've done that with authority. They have thrashed Real Murcia 8-0 on aggregate.
We apologize for the delay towards the butt end of the match. But you and I both know that nothing of consequence really happened then.
That's all from the yap centre for tonight. See y'all at the weekend.
Arrivederci.