"Valencia", "Espanyol" and "Rayo" - in the King's Cup Eighth Finals © EuroFootball.com

On Thursday, the last three matches of the "Copa del Rey" (King's Cup) tournament round of sixteen were played in Spain.

In front of their fans, "Valencia" faced "Gimnastic" eleven, which they defeated by a narrow margin of 1-0 and advanced to the next stage.

The winning goal for the "bats" was scored by Paco Alcacer, who scored in the 37th minute. The first match between these teams ended in a draw.

Two more teams - Madrid's "Rayo Vallecano" and Barcelona's "Espanyol" - also secured their ticket to the quarterfinals.

All results:

"Valencia" 1 - 0 "Gimnastic" (First leg 0-0, final result 1-0) 37' [1 - 0] Paco Alcacer

"Espanyol" 2 - 0 "Jaen" (First leg 2-2, final result 4-2) 16' [1 - 0] Simao 85' [2 - 0] Sidnei

"Rayo Vallecano" 3 - 1 "Real Valladolid" (First leg 0-0, final result 3-1) 27' [0 - 1] J.Guerra 32' [1 - 1] A.Gonzalez 87' [2 - 1] A.Gonzalez 90' [3 - 1] A.Bueno

48' J.Guerra ("Real Valladolid") sent off

"Athletic Bilbao" 4 - 0 "Celta Vigo" (First leg 0-1, final result 4-1) 21' [1 - 0] I.Muniain 44' [2 - 0] M. Susaeta 80' [3 - 0] I.Muniain 86' [4 - 0] A.Aduriz