
After losing the Spanish Super Cup to Barcelona, Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid (3-1) and together with Bilbao reached the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup.
Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao complete the list of aces in the Spanish Cup
Los Blancos reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey after beating Atletico at the end of a game dominated by the La Liga winners.
Alvaro Morata scored against his former team (min. 19) after a great collective phase from the visitors.
ATLETICO MADRID TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH ALVARO MORATU! pic.twitter.com/ERmoRxhOJj
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 26, 2023
Real also lost Ferland Mendy in the first half and Carlo Ancelotti had to make some improvisations playing Eduardo Camavinga at left-back.
The second half completely belonged to the Spanish champions, who controlled the game and missed many chances to get back into the match.
Brazilian Rodrigo was brought on and restored parity for Real Madrid (79 minutes) with a free-kick that Oblak was unable to control after a sensational personal move.
RODRIGO IS OUT OF THIS WORLD! uD83DuDE31 pic.twitter.com/wTGaXF6ZvV
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 26, 2023
Overtime followed, where the game unfolded with only one goal, which was saved by Oblak.
Stefan Savic was sent off after picking up two yellow cards within two minutes.
SAVICH IS REMOVED AFTER RECEIVING THE SECOND YELLOW uD83DuDE33 pic.twitter.com/t7VZfZje2M
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 26, 2023
Having perfectly found Vinicius, Karim Benzema gave the advantage to “Real” (min. 104), but the Brazilian closed the score (min. 120+2).
HERE HE IS!
BENZEMA SCORES IN EXTRA TIME uD83DuDD25 pic.twitter.com/Lpeks8myJU
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 26, 2023
In the other quarter-final, also on Thursday, Athletic Bilbao beat Valencia 3-1.
Iker Munyain (min. 35), Nico Williams (min. 45) and Mikel Vesga (min. 74) scored for the Basque team.
In the team coached by Gennaro Gattuso, another player of the guests – Oscar de Marcos (min. 43, own goal) stood out.
¡¡STAMOS IN THE SEMI-FINALS!! uD83CuDFC6
Goooooazeeen Athletic‼️#ValenciaAthletic #Athletic Club uD83EuDD81 pic.twitter.com/FRHxt3c3ko
— Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) January 26, 2023
So, Osasuna, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid reached the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup.
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— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 26, 2023
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