The game took place less than a fortnight after Barca had beaten Valencia 7-1 in La Liga. Torres opened the scoring in the third minute as he ran onto a fantastic pass from Alejandro Balde to stab the ball past goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Torres quickly doubled the lead, hooking home from 10 yards after Dimitrievski had done well to tip Lamine Yamal's shot onto the post.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fermin Lopez then got into the act, taking the ball past Dimitrievski after beating a static Valencia offside trap in the 23rd minute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Torres completed his hat-trick on the half hour, picking his spot from outside the area after a neat layoff from Raphinha.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Barca continued its dominance in the second half, with Yamal hitting the post with a curling shot, before adding a fifth in the 59th minute with a low shot that Dimitrievski didn't seem to get a view of.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
From then on it was a Barcelona monologue until the final whistle, as Valencia ended up with just 22 percent of possession.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also on Thursday, Ander Barrenetxea and Brais Mendez helped Real Sociedad beat Osasuna 2-0 at home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Atletico Madrid booked a place in the semifinals on Tuesday with a 5-0 win at home to Getafe, while an injury-time winner saw Real Madrid edge Leganes 3-2 on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Also on Thursday, Ander Barrenetxea and Brais Mendez helped Real Sociedad beat Osasuna 2-0 at home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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