Real Madrid is not without difficulties in the Copa del Rey semi-finals: Courtois and his team need extra time against fellow countryman Atlético | football

High voltage in Madrid. City derby as a King’s Cup quarter-final. Some of Atlético’s ultras wanted to give the always-charged match some extra character – albeit in a very distasteful way. On a bridge in Valdebebas, Real Madrid’s training center, they hung a doll wearing a Vinicius Junior shirt. Earlier, the Ultras had hung several banners in recent days. “Madrid hates Real”, as an option from the show.

Both Real and Atlético condemned these actions. Athletic competition had to take precedence. Atlético, where Witsel started and Carrasco off the bench, scored the first strike. Cook and Molina showed Real Madrid’s defense with keys at once, and Morata beat a desperate Courtois.

a look. Morata puts Atlético ahead at the Bernabéu

The one he played for Atlético. The visitors upped the wall at the Bernabéu, and Real rarely found an opening. Benzema was the only one who could threaten Oblak for a long time, on the other hand Courtois prevented the score 0-2 and Witsel watched a bicycle kick go wide. Once he was about to be eliminated, Rodrygo broke the spell with a génie coup. Four men passed like cones and then Oblak left without a chance with the outsider on the right.

a look. Rodrygo brings Real to his side in a great way

Accessories. Real Madrid rose more and more quickly, and Atlético basically shot it in the foot. And Savic twice yellowed in the same number of minutes, and a few minutes later Benzema was completely alone at the far post and decided the matter. In the dying seconds, the targeted Vinicius got his 3-1 penalty.

The end of the story of the substitutes, Witsel and Carrasco, in the Spanish Cup, and Real and Courtois were not without difficulties in reaching the semi-finals. Possible rivals are Bilbao, Osasuna and Barcelona.

a look. Benzema frees Real with two goals to one, and Vinicius presents the third goal