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Real de Benzema overthrows Atlético and will see the semis

Benzema and Rodrygo, two of Real’s three scorers this Thursday evening. VIOLET SANTOS MOURA / REUTERS

Led 0-1 until the 79th, the Merengue finally got the better of their rivals Atlético this Thursday, at the Bernabeu, in the quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup.

This Real Madrid is unsinkable. On the brink of the abyss in the eighth in Villarreal (2-3, ap), the Merengues again overturned everything this Thursday evening, overcoming Atlético de Madrid (2-1, ap). A news reassembled which contributes to forging the legend of this Real with Carlo Ancelotti sauce, too rarely exciting but devilishly effective. And it’s a team that knows a lot about it that has therefore paid for it.

And yet, the visitors were much better back in their game. Carried by a game of almost unsuspected fluidity, Diego Simeone’s men logically opened the scoring through Alvaro Morata, on the arrival of a marvel of collective action (19e). Stunned, the locals never knew how to get their heads out of the water before the break, even failing to be surprised by a similar action half an hour into the game (32e), before tempers began to seriously heat up.

Benzema delivers the Bernabeu

But everything changed on returning from the locker room, after an obviously life-saving chat from Carlo Ancelotti. A talk followed by actions and a rain of opportunities in a short time (52e58e62e) but above all a winning coaching. The one from Rodrygo’s entrance. Left on the bench in favor of a Valverde to his advantage on the right, the Brazilian winger changed everything by slaloming in the visitor’s defense before using finesse, the outside of the foot, to revive everything (79e).

Carried by a boosted Bernabeu, Real ended up overturning everything thanks to his individualities. At the forefront of which Karim Benzema, who will record the reassembled in overtime (104e) after a frustrating match on a personal level. The mark of the greats. The one that Vinicius Jr is also approaching, still twirling on the left, where he will have unpinned Stefan Savic (excluded for two cards in one minute, 99e), before going to score his first goal in a Madrid derby alone and thus close the scoring (120e). Not without difficulty, it goes for Real. As usual, finally.

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