Real Madrid narrowly qualified for the quarter-finals of the King's Cup, after coming from behind with two goals to win 3-2 at Villarreal, while Barcelona - who played in the second row - easily qualified after its 5-0 victory over Ceuta in the round. The final price of the tournament on Thursday.
Real Madrid and Barcelona joined Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Athletic Bilbao, Osasuna, Real Sociedad and Sevilla in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
Villarreal took the lead in the fourth minute through Etienne Kabue, before his colleague Samuel Chukwueze added the second goal in the 42nd minute.
And in the 57th minute, Real Madrid scored the goal to reduce the difference through Vinicius Junior, before his colleague Militao equalized in the 69th minute.
In the 86th minute, Real Madrid succeeded in scoring the winning goal through Dani Ceballos, so that the team narrowly cut the ticket to the quarter-finals.
💬 Ceballos: “Hi Madridistas, very happy to help the team progress to the next round and happy with the goal, thank you very much!” @DaniCeballos46 |
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- Real Madrid (@realmadridarab) January 19, 2023
An easy win for Barcelona
In another match in the final price, Robert Lewandowski scored a brace to lead Barcelona - who played in the second row - to a 5-0 victory over Ceuta.
Rafinha, Ansu Fati and Frank Kessie also shook the net of miserable Ceuta.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez made 10 changes to the team that won 3-1 over Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday, resting all his players except Lewandowski.
The visiting team completely dominated the match, and took the lead in the 40th minute with a Rafinha shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Lewandowski strengthened Barcelona's lead 5 minutes after the start of the second half, when Casey snatched the ball from a Ceuta defender and passed it to the Polish striker to easily put it into the net.
Substitute Fati made it 3-0 in the 70th minute, after he dribbled past a defender before hitting his right foot at the far post.
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- FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona_ara) January 19, 2023
Casey scored the fourth goal with a header from Rafinha's cross in the 77th minute, and Lewandowski ended a counterattack with a magic touch to the left of the goalkeeper in the 90th minute.