Real Madrid 3-1 Atletico Madrid (aet)- Copa del Rey 22-23

Real Madrid 3-1 Atletico Madrid (aet)- Copa del Rey 22-23 quarterfinal ended in dramatic fashion with a red card, a superb solo goal and 30 minutes of extra time.

Ahead of the El Madrid derby, a Vinicius Jr. mannequin hanging off a bridge, which is just the latest horrible act of racism directed at Real Madrid’s star forward. However, [spoiler alert], it was unable to stop the Brazilian to score and dance in Bernabeu.

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Vinicius Jr doll hang ahead of Madrid derby
Vinicius Jr doll hang ahead of Madrid derby

Real Madrid 3-1 Atletico Madrid (aet)

Having the huge advantage playing in front of their home fans, Los Blancos were expected to deliver first.

However, the visitors released real threats with Angel Correa’s warning shot after 17 minutes, soon before Alvaro Morata ended a nice strings of passes with a goal.

The former Real Madrid was quickest top react from Nahuel Molina’s assist and fired the ball into the net from close range.

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The hosts struggled to get themselves a level until after the hour-mark, then came the moment of magic from Rodrygo.

He tore Atletico’s defense with a fine solo attempt before bagging the equaliser and force extra time. It’s amazing to know that 12 of 27 goals scored by the super-sub for Real Madrid in all competitions came in the last 15 minutes of the game.

This was 44.4% of his goals for the club, no doubt they call him the Comeback kid.

Rodrygo scored a late goal during El Madrid derby
Rodrygo scored a late goal during El Madrid derby

From there, Stefan Savic was sent off in the 99th minute for a clumsy tackle outside of the box, benefitting Real by the numbers of men.

Karim Benzema stepped up to effectively complete the comeback with a close range tap-in, before Vinicius Jr putting the game into sleep with the third late on. What a sweet revenge for the Brazilian himself!

Vinicius Jr scored and celebrated
Vinicius Jr scored and celebrated

Carlo Ancelotti’s side join Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna in the semi-finals.

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