Barcelona faces Celta Vigo in Copa del Rey, Madrid gets Numancia

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, takes part in a training session with his teammates at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, Monday Dec. 4, 2017. FC Barcelona will play against Sporting CP in a Champions League Group D soccer match on Tuesday. (Manu Fernandez/AP)

MADRID — Barcelona will face Celta Vigo in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey, and Real Madrid will play second-division club Numancia.

Barcelona, which has won the competition for the last three years, was held to a 2-2 draw by Celta in the Spanish league on Saturday at Camp Nou.

Tuesday’s draw also paired Atletico Madrid with third-division club Lleida. Formentera, another third-tier club, will play last-year’s losing finalist, Alaves.

The other pairings are: Cadiz vs. Sevilla; Leganes vs. Villarreal; Las Palmas vs. Valencia; and Espanyol vs. Levante.

The matches will be played during the first and second weeks of January.

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