MADRID – The football players of the Madrid giants Real and Atlético advanced to the round of 16 of the Spanish cup competition Copa del Rey. On the other hand, Villarreal will not play for the cup quarter-finals anymore, which unexpectedly crashed against the second division Racing Santander.
Atlético started the match against fourth-placed Atlético Baleares without Slovakian representative Dávid Hanck, but he came to the field in the 10th minute when Clement Lenglet was injured. Although the Madrid giant was already leading 2:0 after 20 minutes of the game, in the end they were worried about promotion.
Although Antoine Griezmann responded to the contact goal of the home team in the 72nd minute with his second goal of the match, which made it 3:1, but the home outsider had the opportunity to take a penalty kick in the 80th minute. But Tovar did not convert it, and Keita’s penalty goal in the 90th minute to make it 2:3 only slightly dramatized the end of the match. Hancko and Atlético did not let their progress to the round of 16 be taken away.
The suffering of Real and the end of Villarreal
Real, another giant from Madrid, really fought for the promotion, which started on the ground of the third league outsider CF Talavera. After Mbappé’s penalty and the home team’s own goal, the White Ballet comfortably led 2-0 at halftime, but in the end they were also shaking until the final whistle.
Star Mbappé answered Arroyo’s contact goal in the 80th minute with a second goal eight minutes later, but the outsider did not lay down his weapon and the result was Di Renza’s strike in the 91st minute. But another goal was not scored and Real advanced to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.
Second division Racing Santander provided the biggest surprise. In fact, in the fight for the cup round of 16, he eliminated Villarreal CF, a participant in the main phase of the Champions League. The second-tier team led 2-0 after less than half an hour, and even though they lost Jose López, who was sent off in the 79th minute, the currently third-placed team in the elite La Liga was still unable to turn it around.
In the 86th minute, Pérez scored a contact goal for the visitors to make it 1:2, but the match did not bring any more goals and after a home loss to Copenhagen in the Champions League (2:3), the Yellow Submarine unexpectedly failed again.
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