Homegrown hero Aspas the driving force behind Celta Cup run


Britain Football Soccer - England v Spain - International Friendly - Wembley Stadium - 15/11/16 Spain's Iago Aspas celebrates scoring their first goal Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic

(Reuters) - Spain striker Iago Aspas has shrugged off misadventures at Liverpool and Sevilla to produce the form of his life in a second spell at boyhood club Celta Vigo, who he hopes to fire into the King's Cup final for the first time in 16 years.

Aspas inspired a shock win over Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, scoring and setting up the second in a 2-1 win at the Bernabeu which put his side on the way to a 4-3 aggregate win. They host Alaves in the semi-final, first leg on Thursday.

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