Barcelona overturned a first leg defeat to beat Levante in the Copa del Rey but could yet be thrown out of the competition after being accused of fielding an ineligible player.
Barca won 3-0 at the Camp Nou on Thursday, with Lionel Messi setting up two Ousmane Dembele goals and then scoring himself to seal a 4-2 victory on aggregate.
Their place in the quarter-finals, however, is under threat after Levante president Francisco Javier Catalan confirmed shortly before kick-off that the club would lodge a complaint to the Spanish Football Federation on Friday.
Levante claim Barcelona defender Juan Brandariz 'Chumi' played illegally in the first leg as he should have been serving a suspension.
"Whatever happens on the field of play today, Levante are going to take this situation to the Federation tomorrow," Catalan said earlier on Thursday.
"We feel that there is a solid enough precedent to back up the club's decision to do so."
"We did everything right. Tomorrow we will be in the draw, we have no doubts, not before and not now."
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