Real Madrid is in the semifinals of the Cup of the King of the season after the dramatic victory of 3-2 end of Wednesday night on Leganes.
The Leganes are struggling just above the relegation area of the league, but they played a tie game after it initially seemed to be a procession for Madrid by Carlo Ancelotti, who left a 2-0 comfortable advantage. In this competition for the second round in a row.
Substitute Gonzalo Garcia saved Madrid from the third minute of stoppage, as well as eliminating the need for any extra time, with an end close to death.
As the game was deployed
Luka Modric fired the European champions at an 18 -minute lead, and advanced from his usual role to achieve Rodrygo’s measured passage in La Caixa. The 39 -year -old young man ran in the ball perfectly and was able to hit the end out of reach of the house goalkeeper Juan Soriano.
Entrick followed -with a second for Madrid a few moments later, 21 years, remariously separating age scorers. Rodrygo was again the creator of the left flank, but took a few shorter steps on the edge of the box, before the ball felt to end with a simple end.
But Leganes managed to force their way back when Jacobo Ramon’s speed showed his first senior start. The young defender went to try to block Juan Cruz’s low cross attempt. He managed to stop the ball, but only with his hand extended.
Cruz increased to turn the resulting point of view, before the same player later fired the Level of Leganes at the time mark. The exchange of multiple steps of Cruz with Darko Brasanac moved the ball too easily through the static defense of Madrid, and the diverted finish was enough for foot pain Andriy Lunin.
On the bench to help save the tie, Vinicius Junior reached the place of Madrid, before what he felt as a personal mission to drag his team. The end dazzled, first put the ball on a plate in the box so that no teammate was capitalized, before setting up Brahim Diaz to hit the bar.
Leganes had some of his own chances of moving forward, especially forcing Lunin to a great late savings, which was even more important when Garcia became the hero with a head of the Brahim Cross.
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Gonzalo Garcia has been prolific for Real Madrid Castilla this season, but the experience of the first Madrid player, 20, before the missing Camo on Wednesday night, extended to 17 minutes in two appearances in the League substitute. 14 months.
Garcia has been on the bench a good number of times this season, but he still did not reach the pitch, until Ancelotti turned to him with eight minutes and the remaining time.
Anyway, confidence would have been fluid, as he took four in a Castilla game last week, but a winning goal for the senior side in this way … will be firmly in the new cloud.
The King Cup is nothing more than the third priority of Madrid this season, but still represents a large silver, especially after being humiliated by Barcelona in the recent sword Super Cup.
Madrid has tended to not reach this competition, making only one final, which they won by 2023, over the last ten years. During the same period, Barcelona has played in six finals and raised the trophy five times.
Going to the Champions League will be difficult, as the role is the role of the defensive line. Madrid stands at the top of the league as it is, but the lack of depth in operation could also bite them. The King Cup could be his best opportunity to avoid a season without trophies (excluding UEFA Super Cup last summer).
RFEF will draw the semifinals on February 12, with Atlético Madrid the only other side that has done so far. The crash of the Real Sociedad with Osasuna and the trip from Barcelona to Valencia are the remaining quarterfinals that will be played on Thursday night.
Antonio Rudiger has been the constant in the decline in exchange for Madrid this season. But the German center was Forced just 15 minutes from the frustrating Sunday defeat At the hands of Espanyol. It means that one of the four most important proponents of the caliber is now on the sidelines, with Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and David Alaba, two of them are also missing for the rest of the season.
Rudiger cannot return until the last stages of February. It gives Angelotti a problem because the lack of a defensive leader cannot have been a factor in twice as they did.
Aurelien Tchouameni lined up in the midfield from the beginning, but the French has tended to be the emergency place in the heart of defense. Although the case is still in the next games, one by Raul Asencio or Jacobo Ramon, who gave a penalty here, will have to start by his side. The alternative is that inexperienced young people play together, as they did against Leganes.
What should Jesus Vallejo think? This season he is on the squad to make up the numbers, but he still can’t get a game in a real crisis at the center.
Another draw of the Cup, another goal performance by Enrick.
The initial hype around the Brazilian teenager has disappeared due to being largely kept in the league and the Champions League. The minutes of sporadic substitutes have been maintained in these competitions, but there have been three significant appearances and count in the Cup of the King.
Patience is a virtue and the 18 -year -old can have a decade of professional football still ahead. Vinicius Junior was not a blow immediately, so Ingrick does not need to do it despite having it all at once. For now, that’s fine.
