Match News: Barcelona 2-0 Valencia

The Barcelona will contest the 2012 Copa del Rey final, their 3rd in four years against Athletic Bilbao after overcoming Valencia 2-0 at Camp Nou and 3-1 on aggregate.

xavi:

A Returning to the side after a two-game rest, Xavi struggled with Valencia's early intensity but grew in stature as Barca slowly took control of the game and came to close with a neat lobbed effort in the second half and scored the second with a brilliant finish after that.

Top of the Match for Lionel Messi:

Has looked below his best of late but was hugely participative on the night and did everything but score as he came up against Diego Alves in the woodwork and a heroic block from Victor Ruiz. Some excellent running with the ball to lacked the final finish in he did set up Cesc's goal with a great long pass thorugh.

Flop of the Match for Sofiane Feghouli:

Rasped the side netting with a fierce drive early on and was unlucky to should have at least hit the target when Valencia badly needed to take advantage of their early dominance to the dismissed for a second yellow on 76 minutes and he petulantly pushed Puyol and leaving his side dead and buried.

Pep Guardiola's side now have the chance to clinch their 26th Copa del Rey victory, and will meet Athletic Bilbao in May.

Barcelona Forward David Villa Could return To Action From Injury in April

The Catalan giants could receive a huge boost as the Spain international may recover in time for the Clasico at Camp Nou on April 22 and he could return to action in the next two months, according to one of his representatives.

The 30-year-old David Villa sustained a fractured leg in the Club World Cup in December and has been in a race against time to regain full fitness before the Euro 2012 finals and it will depend on his recovery to think that at the end of April we will see him playing again, Victor Onate, general director of VOS Marketing and the company which represents Villa, told Canal 9.

David is great. Although people may find it strange, he is working harder than ever, even when he could play to he is very focused on returning as quickly as possible for that the Spain international may resume full training in time for the visit of Real Madrid, on April 22 and he joined Barca in 2010 after a five-year spell at Valencia to has scored 9 goals in 24 appearances this season.

Cesc Fabregas at Brit Award 2012 (21 Feb 2012)

Cesc Fabregas was in London at the O2 Arena yesterday to present an award on stage with Nicole Scherzinger at Brit Award 2012.