No. 961: Copa del Rey semi-final first leg, a narrow victory over Valencia by one goal!
After playing the 20th round of La Liga, Real Madrid ushered in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals after three days of repair.
Real Madrid will travel to face Valencia in the first round of matches, which is the main reason why Mourinho is rested in La Liga.
Mirandes, the biggest dark horse in this season's Copa del Rey, will host Athletic Bilbao in the first leg, and the match between the two teams will start first.
On February 1, at 8 p.m., the game started on time.
The 10,000-capacity Aduawa Municipal Stadium was packed, and Mirandés launched a ferocious attack on La Liga side Athletic Bilbao amid the shouts of the home fans.
In the 31st minute of the first half, Mirandés launched an attack from the right and crossed from outside the box, which was cleared by Athletic Bilbao defender Ortenezze's header.
Who knew he didn't control the power and angle of his header, and the ball changed direction and flew towards the top right corner of the goal.
Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Ilesos, who was caught off guard, could only watch the football fly into the goal!
The ball is in!
Mirandés, who is playing at home, took the lead in breaking the balance on the field with the own goal of the Athletic Bilbao defender and took a one-goal lead!
They kept that score until the end of the first half.
After the start of the second half, Athletic Bilbao, who were behind the score, stepped up their attack.
In the seventeenth minute of the second half, Athletic Bilbao won a direct free-kick from outside the box, and striker Llorente took a free-kick that went around the wall and went straight to the top left corner of the goal.
The Mirandés goalkeeper did his best to save, but the angle was too tricky and the ball went into the net!
One-to-one!
Athletic Bilbao equalised and scored away.
This goal inspired Athletic Bilbao to fight and in the next matches, they relied on their overall strength to lay siege to their opponents.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, midfielder David Lopes scored a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area, and the football once again broke the Mirandés goal.
Two to one!
Athletic Bilbao overtook the score!
In the end, Athletic Bilbao won the victory with a score of 2-1 away against the biggest dark horse of the season.
They have one foot in the Copa del Rey final!
At 8 p.m. the next night, the match between Real Madrid and Valencia started on time at the Mestalla Stadium.
The main players who were rested three days ago were all put on the battlefield, and it was surprising that Ronaldo continued to start.
This is the third official game played by the Portuguese in eight days, and in order to increase the leverage in the contract renewal negotiations, Ronaldo is really admirable.
After the start of the game, Valucia launched a ferocious attack on Real Madrid with home advantage, and Real Madrid could only defend stubbornly.
After withstanding a wave of onslaught that lasted more than 20 minutes, Real Madrid began to counterattack.
In the 28th minute of the first half, Mesut Ozil advanced in the middle, split the ball in the opponent's hinterland, and sent the football into the opponent's penalty area.
Chen Fan, who was inserted forward at high speed, pushed and shot, and the football flew out of the bottom line by grazing the post!
This made the Valencia coach anxious, and he yelled at his defender, signaling to pay attention to Chen Fan's forward insertion.
Four minutes later, Real Madrid had a quick counter-attack, and Alonso found Cristiano Ronaldo on the left with a long-range and precise long ball from the back.
The Portuguese superstar used his pace to throw the opposition full-back behind and fired a long-range shot over the crossbar on the edge of the box.
In the rest of the first half, the two sides attacked and defended each other, but neither could take advantage of the opportunity to break the deadlock, and could only exchange scores.
After fifteen minutes of repairs, the players from both sides returned to the pitch and the second half began.
Valencia gave Real Madrid a blow in the third minute of the second half, with midfielder Fernando smashing a shot into the heart of the field and striker Soldado cutting forward into the box and bringing it down in a hurry.
"Tick! ……”
The referee blew his whistle without hesitation, pointed firmly to the penalty spot, and pointed to Pepe with a yellow card.
Soldado himself hit the shot, and the home team Balusia broke the deadlock and took a one-goal lead.
After the restart, Real Madrid stepped up their offensive and were able to beat the mighty Barcelona on the road, but couldn't even Valencia win?
In the ninth minute of the second half, after Chen Fan received Di Maria's direct pass, he connected three players from the opponent to the front of the opponent's penalty area, and then made a diagonal pass.
The football flew towards the left side of the penalty area, Ronaldo slapped his horse and arrived, and he pushed the shot!
However, the ball inexplicably flew up and flew off the baseline above the crossbar.
The Portuguese superstar, who missed a great equaliser, covered his face in pain, which made Mourinho, who was standing in the command area, gloomy face, and he knew that this was the cause of Ronaldo's fitness problems.
Seven minutes later, Real Madrid launched a quick counter-attack, Chen Fan fired a precise cross from the right and the ball smashed into Ronaldo's head.
According to the previous form, this kind of opportunity Ronaldo is definitely nine times out of ten, but this time he actually deflected the football side.
Mourinho couldn't take it anymore and replaced him with Kaka.
Apparently, the Portuguese superstar was so unhappy with this that he sat down on the bench and angrily took off his shirt and smashed it on the turf......
With the departure of Ronaldo, Real Madrid focused their attack entirely on Chen Fan, and Valencia also knew this, and they surrounded and blocked Chen Fan.
Chen Fan is like falling into a dense net.
In the twenty-fifth minute of the second half, Chen Fan relied on his super passing skills to break free from the encirclement of the opponent's four people and passed straight to the penalty area.
Benzema swooped forward and fired a shot straight away, sending the ball towards the left side of the goal.
Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves leaps off and bravely blocks the ball.
When the home fans were about to cheer, a silver-white figure descended from the sky like a divine soldier, and Kaka made a supplementary shot!
Football hits the net!
The ball is in!
One-to-one!
Real Madrid equalised and picked up a precious away goal.
With injuries mounting, Kaka has lost his main position, and this goal is precious for him, so after the goal, he raised his arms excitedly and cheered.
Mourinho, who was standing in the command area, finally breathed a sigh of relief, after the elimination of Barcelona, almost everyone thought that Real Madrid had cleared the biggest rivals for the Copa del Rey, but Valencia performed very well tonight.
After the resumption of the game, Valencia launched an even more fierce wave of attacks, they know how terrible the Bernabeu is, and if they can't beat Real Madrid at home tonight, it will be difficult for them to knock them out and progress to the final.
In the face of Valencia's ferocious attack, Mourinho wisely chose to let Real Madrid play a defensive counterattack.
In the 38th minute of the second half, after Ramos completed a steal in front of the penalty area, he made a long-distance pass to send the football to Chen Fan's feet.
Chen Fan dodged Banega's defense with a false flick and began to accelerate forward.
Fight back quickly!
The home fans began to worry, and at this moment, Banega turned to Chen Fan with a flying shovel with his right foot.
"Ahh ……”
Chen Fan let out a scream and fell to the turf in pain, and Ramos and Pepe angrily rushed to the center of the incident at a speed like a 100-meter sprint.
The referee immediately showed Banega a red card, which stifled the turmoil.
Chen Fan got up from the turf and limped towards the front, Kaka silently patted him on the shoulder.
Talented players like them are not afraid of how strong their opponents are, they are afraid of injuries.
What can beat genius is injury.
Two minutes later, Chen Fan recovered, breaking through two players in quick succession from outside the penalty area, and then played a wall-to-wall one-two with Benzema.
"Smack! ……”
Chen Fan took Benzema's cross and shot in the penalty area!
The ball flew towards the bottom right corner of the goal and then into the net!
The ball is in!
Two to one!
Real Madrid scored two goals in a row to overtake the score!
Mourinho, who was standing in the command area, swung his fists hard.
In the next game, Real Madrid put all their energy on defense and stubbornly bagged the fruits of victory.
In the end, Real Madrid won the first leg with a narrow victory over Valencia thanks to goals from Kaka and Chen Fan, and some believe they have already stepped into the Copa del Rey final with one foot.