Cubarsi urges Barca to keep up the pace after Copa del Rey win

Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi said, after qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey with a 5-1 win over Betis, that his team must "continue with this pace" and cannot "take their foot off the accelerator".

The Azulgranas scored five goals again, after the drubbing against Real Madrid: "We wanted to transmit to the fans the good game we played in the Super Cup. Today, it was a play-off and we had to win".

The young centre-back, who made his debut in the last 16 of last season's Copa del Rey against Unionistas de Salamanca, gave a "very good assessment" of his first year as a professional to Movistar+.

"I'm very happy to be playing and I want to transmit confidence to the fans and the coach and keep fighting in every training session to be able to play to the maximum," he said.