Real Sociedad landed a coup against Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Spanish Cup Copa del Rey. The Basques won the White Ballet 4: 3 (1: 0) in the Spanish capital after a spectacular second half. Martin Ödegaard, of all things, started Real’s defeat with the most goals conceded in eleven months (1-4 against Ajax Amsterdam).
The meanwhile 21-year-old midfielder, who switched to the royal team in 2015 as a 16-year-old super talent and still belongs to the Madrilenians, brought the outsider to victory after 22 minutes.
The Norwegian, who is on loan at Real Sociedad, scored the 1-0 with the kind help of Real’s French goalie Alphonse Areola, who let a harmless margin slip between his legs. In addition to Ödegaard, Alexander Isak, another Northerner, became the man of the game for the Basques. The 20-year-old Swede increased after the break within two minutes (54./56.) To 3: 0 in the meantime.
For the home side Marcelo (59.) scored in the meantime 1: 3. In the subsequent urgent phase of the hosts, Merino made the apparent decision. After an unrecognized real goal by Vinicius Junior (79.), Rodrygo (81.) and Nacho (93.) shortened, the league leader failed to equalize against the table eighth.
Two hours after Madrid, FC Barcelona also said goodbye to the Spanish Football Cup. The Catalans lost 0-1 on Thursday evening in the quarterfinals at Athletic Bilbao. Inaki Williams headed the Basque goal in the 93rd minute. Lionel Messi had a great chance to lead the Barca in the 89th minute.
Most recently, the semi-final of the 2010 Copa del Rey took place without the two major clubs. In addition to Sociedad and Bilbao, second division Mirandes (4-2 against Villarreal) and Granada (2-1 against defending champions Valencia) have reached the round of the last four.
Source: Apa / dpa / Ag.
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