Full-time: Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia (after extra time, Real Madrid won 4-3 on penalties)
They did it the hard way though They have done! Real Madrid is Until Sunday’s final!
Real Madrid, right? They just Always find a way to work. Last week they struggled to a narrow win against fourth-tier Caserno in the Copa del Rey (remember them?). Now, they do Valencia scraped to the side Who has really struggled either side of the World Cup break but impressed in this game.
For the first 20 minutes or so, it seemed that way They can be relatively straightforward for 90 minutes. Rodrigo, Benzema and Valverde all went close but Valencia returned to the competition And destabilized Madrid with their high pressing, which allowed them to have more than one foot in the game. But theirs This could be their undoing, given the superior defensive line And so it proved, with Militao running out Benzema, trapped in the box, returned the goal from the spot to give Carlo Ancelotti’s men the lead.
Conceding a goal so close to half-time could have thrown Valencia’s stuffing out, though They pulled one back less than 30 seconds into the second period, with Samuel Lino deflecting off Tony Lato. Crosss In the back post. A raft of substitutions disrupted the flow of play after the hour-mark, which worked in Real Madrid’s favour. Rino Gattuso’s side looked comfortableWithout ever troubling Thibaut Courtois.
Real Madrid’s late criticism suggested they were new to extra time but The game was stopped in the last 30 minutesCourtois and Giorgi Mamardashvili were forced to intervene, brilliant on a few occasions.
There were no more goals It was Real Madrid who held their nerve in the shootout, As if there was any doubt. The mental strength They continue to show up, and Different ways they try to win games in which they are not at their bestThat means it’s no fluke when they do.
They will cope Real Betis or Barcelona in the final sunday
