OMNISPORT

The Copa del Rey continues to offer Valencia and Gary Neville the ideal respite from their league struggles as they joined Sevilla in the semi-finals courtesy of a 1-0 second-leg victory over Las Palmas.

Neville's men are yet to win in La Liga under the former England international's stewardship and went into Thursday's second leg tied 1-1 from their previous meeting at the Mestalla.

And Valencia made an ideal start when Rodrigo opened the scoring 20 minutes in as he converted Andre Gomes' delivery amid suspicions of offside.

Rodrigo's strike secured Valencia a potentially crucial away goal and put them into the lead in the tie, although Neville's men endured some late nervy moments.

Aythami Artiles had the pick of the visitors' chances in the final stages as he headed Jonathan Viera's cross wide, but Valencia did enough to move into the final four alongside Barcelona, Celta Vigo and Sevilla.