Colossal somersault! Real Madrid goes back to Villarreal and seals ticket to the Copa del Rey quarterfinals

In the true style of Real Madrid, those led by Carlo Ancelotti rescued a tremendous victory and qualification in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

A 2-3 victory over a complicated Villarreal, was the result that ended Merengue’s success in the round of the best eight of the tournament where FC Barcelona is already.

Vinicius Junior became the great figure of the match when he started the full comeback at the La Cerámica Stadium, which ended up shutting down in the second half of the game.

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GAME ACTIONS

Real Madrid, downcast by the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup final against Barcelona, ​​visited Villarreal’s home, the venue where they had lost 2-1 on the last day of the league tournament.

Things didn’t start well for the meringues, who saw Etienne Capoue send the ball away after a tremendous right-footed shot into the goal by Thibout Courtois in the 4th minute.

The rest of the first half, Madrid suffered a lot. Those led by Quique Setién dominated at will. Federico Valverde had the clearest before the Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze scored the second goal for the “Yellow Submarine” at the end of the first stage.

Gerard Moreno put on the “Wizard” suit, got an assist from the galley where he left enabled and only the African who liquidated the goal of the Real Madrid goalkeeper, for the provisional 2-0.

SPECTACULAR COMEBACK

The turning point came in the second half, when Carlo Ancelotti took Rodrygo and Toni Kroos off the field. Dani Ceballos and Marco Asensio entered in his place.

Vinicius Junior started the comeback after defining below Jorgensen’s humanity for the provisional 2-1 in the 57th minute.

Real Madrid did not give up and went with everything to look for the tie. At 69′ the ball reached the Villarreal area, Benzema headed it in, Jorgensen saved, but the rebound was left to the pleasure of Eder Militao who only pushed the ball to make it 2-2.

A distinguished Vinicius took the ball at 86′, assisted Asensio who did not give up the ball, sent a diagonal pass to the center of the area and there was Dani Ceballos who beautifully spliced ​​the ball for the final 2-3 in favor of the visitors who advance to the Copa del Rey quarterfinals.

GAME DATA

Result: Villarreal 2-3 Real Madrid.

Round of 16.

Copa del Rey.