Real Madrid is precisely in the semifinals of this season’s Copa del Rey after Wednesday night with a dramatic quarterfinal victory over Leganes 3-2.
Leganes struggles just above the La Liga relegation zone, but made a tie game after it seemed like a procession for Madrid Carl Ancelotti, who gave up in this second round in the second round of 2-0. order.
Replace Gonzalo Garcia spared Madrid blush in the third minute of stop time, as well as eliminating the need for any additional time, with the end of close range at death.
How the game took place
Luka Modric released the European champions in the 18th minute lead, progressing from her usual role to meet Rodry’s measured passage. The 39-year-old came in perfectly on the ball and managed to stimulate the goal out of the reach of home goalkeeper Juan Sorian.
Endrick followed this with a second for Madrid a few moments later, for 21 years they are extremely separated by goalkeepers at age. Rodrygo was again a creator from the left side, but there were a few more short passages on the edge of the box, before the ball felt it ended up for an easy ending.
But Leganes managed to force the return when the raw Jacobo Ramon proved to be at his first start. The young defender entered the attempt and blocked the low cross attempt by Juan Cruz. He managed to stop the ball, but only with his hand outstretched.
Cruz stepped up to turn the resulting blow, before the same player fired Leganes’ level for an hour. Cruz’s exchange of multiple passes with Darko Brassanac has easily moved the ball through Madrid’s static defense, and the detained ending was sufficient for the wrong Andriya Luna.
From the bench to help save the tie, Vinicius Junior hit a place for Madrid, before it felt like a personal mission to get his team. The wing blinded, first putting the ball on the plate in the box so that no teammate could use before setting up Brahima Diaz to hit the bar.
Leganes had some of his chances to continue forward, especially forcing Luna to great late salvation, which turned out to be even more important when Garcia made a hero with his head from the Brahima Cross.
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Gonzalo Garcia was fertile for Real Madrid Castilla this season, but the 20-year-old Madridist extended his entire experience of the first team before the late stone on Wednesday to 17 minutes in two replacement appearances in La Liga 14 months ago.
Garcia has been on the bench several times this season, but he just had to go out to the field until Ancelotti turned to him with eight minutes and there was a stop time.
Confidence would have flowed anyway, given that he scored four last week in the Castill game, but the winning goal for the senior side that way … He will be firmly in Cloud Nina.
Copa del Rey is not just the third biggest priority of Madrid this season, but it still represents a great silver accessory – especially after Barcelona humiliated him in a recent Supercopa de Espana.
Madrid is inclined to achieve to be achieved in this competition, making only one final – which they won in 2023, in the last ten years. During the same period, Barcelona played in six finals and raised the trophy five times.
The movement of the Champions League will be tiring considering how much a paper defense line is. Madrid sits on top of La Liga as it is, but the lack of depth in running could also bite them. Copa del Rey could be their best opportunity to avoid the trophy season (excluding the UEFA Super Cup last summer).
Rfef will make a draw on the semifinals on February 12th, and Atletico Madrid is the only other side that has passed so far. Real Sociedad’s conflict with Osasun, and Barcelona is a trip to Valencia the remaining quarterfinals that will be played on Thursday night.
Antonio Rudiger was a constant in Madrid, which is constantly changing this season. But the German central back was forced only 15 minutes in Sunday’s frustrating defeat In the hands of Espanyol. This means that it is now on the side, and that the complete four of the upper caliber veterans were missing, and the Days of Carvajal, Eder Miliutio and David Alaba were missing – two of which are by the end of the season.
Rudiger may not return to the last stages of February. This gives Acelotti the problem because the lack of a defensive leader cannot be a factor in receiving double as they did.
Aurelien Tchoumena was lined up in the middle of the field from the beginning, but the Frenchman was usually an emergency stand-up in the heart of defense. Even if this remains a case in the next few games, one of the rails of the Aseia or Jacob Ramon, who gave the punishment here, will have to start with him. The alternative is that inexperienced young men play together, as they did against Leganes.
What does Jesus Vallejo think? This season he is on the team to make up for the numbers, but he still cannot get a game in a true crisis.
Another Copa tie, another goalkeeper of Endrick.
The initial hyper around the teenage Brazilian died because he largely kept in La Liga and the Champions League. There were sporadic replacement minutes in these competitions, but these were three significant appearances and counts in Copa del Rey.
Patience is a virtue and an 18-year-old is potentially more than a decade of professional football, which is still in front of him. Vinicius Junior was not a hit immediately, so Endrick doesn’t need everything and have everything at once. For now, this is actually okay.
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