Madrid traces back two goals and signs its resurrection

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Madrid's faith came to light in the darkest moment.

With all the doubts generated after the Super Cup final and with the tie very uphill,

's team was able to lift a 2-0 lead and overcome Villarreal to earn a place in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals.

White's reaction after a bad first half and Ancelotti's changes were key in the resurrection of a team that should never be left for dead.

And that seemed so for a long time.

's quick goal

.

The Frenchman has revealed himself as a good finisher after changing his role with the arrival of Setién, who considers that his ability to recover balls can be more beneficial near the rival area than his own.

Furthermore, the midfielder is proving to have a broader record than is expected from the typical defensive midfielder.

His powerful shot, without dropping the ball after a good maneuver by Gerard, was impossible for Courtois.

Madrid seemed to still be thinking about the final in Riyadh and couldn't find a way to hurt a solid Villarreal, with a

that did n't participate and was very imprecise when he came into play.

With this panorama, the white team entrusted

to look for the reaction but the Brazilian could not find a way to break an insurmountable Foyth.

gave him

, much greater than that of

.

The youth player had enough to drain water in his area, where he disrupted a couple of very dangerous arrivals from

and

.

's team

went through the entire first half with the game under control, with

very comfortable in the face of the timid pressure from the white midfielder.

Villarreal moved the ball slowly but knew how to speed up the play when they saw gaps for their men up front to run.

The second goal was a good demonstration of this and of the lack of forcefulness of the Madrid defense.

, Yeremy and Gerard did what they wanted in the area in a triangulation that the Nigerian finished off with a shot into the net.

The change in the second part

Ancelotti's side were knocked out and Courtois prevented the tie from becoming nearly impossible by sticking out his hand to deflect

's shot just before half-time.

The break was good for Real Madrid, who returned with a different face and improved even more with the intervention of their coach by sitting down some inoperative

and

to bring on

and

, decisive in the comeback.

Foyth's injury also played in favor of the white team, which left the right-back in the hands of a central defender like Mandi to the delight of Vinícius.

The Brazilian was activated almost immediately, finally freed from the Argentine defender's shackles, and it didn't take long for the whites to raise their hopes after completing a good combination between Ceballos and Benzema, which also picked up tone as the minutes went by.

Madrid smelled blood and did not want to let their prey escape.

Villarreal began to suffer, without command of the game and with problems doing damage on the counterattack.

Now it was the white midfield that prevailed, with

taking stripes and pressing with more conviction a rival that was dwarfing.

The game was played in the Castellón area, where Mendy hung up a ball that Benzema headed.

cleared

but left the ball at the feet of Militao, who signed the tie with twenty minutes to go.

The conviction of Ancelotti's team was increasing the doubts of a Villarreal that, except for an action by

, did not approach Courtois's goal with any danger.

Quite the opposite of a Madrid that had the third in an action by Camavinga but that reached it almost on the bell.

Asensio fought for a ball on the bottom line and sent it back so that Ceballos sealed the comeback.

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