Atletico Madrid dumped Actual Madrid out of the Copa del Rey on Thursday evening, beating their metropolis rivals 4-2 after extra-time on the Wanda Metropolitano.
Samuel Lino and Alvaro Morata twice had Los Colchoneros forward, with Actual replying with a Jan Oblak personal aim and Joselu header.
Nevertheless, Antoine Griezmann and Rodrigo Riquelme netted for Atletico within the further half-hour, taking Diego Simeone’s staff into the quarter-finals as they search to win the competitors for the primary time since 2013.
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Jude Bellingham had a shot blocked for holders Actual within the eleventh minute, then team-mate Vinicius Junior was denied by Oblak 9 minutes later.
Rodrigo De Paul noticed his header saved on the different finish two minutes later, earlier than seeing a shot blocked quickly after.
Former Actual striker Morata had a Twenty sixth-minute shot saved by Andriy Lunin after which Vinicius shot over six minutes later.
The impasse was damaged six minutes earlier than the interval when Lino slid in to transform from six yards after reacting well to Antonio Rudiger’s misplaced header.
Nevertheless, the defending champions have been stage within the first minute of first-half added-time when Oblak turned the ball into his personal aim as he tried to take care of Luka Modric’s inswinging free-kick, underneath stress from Vinicius.
Atleti regained their benefit within the 57th minute, Morata tapping in after Rudiger and Lunin had didn’t take care of a ball which deflected goalwards off Eduardo Camavinga. The previous Chelsea man was booked for celebrating the breakthrough with the Atletico followers behind the aim.
Rodrygo had a shot blocked quarter-hour from time because the 20-time winners sought an equaliser, which they bought quickly after Morata had been brilliantly denied by Lunin within the 81st minute.
Actual broke away and Vinicius performed in Bellingham, who crossed for Joselu to move in from six yards – lower than two minutes after approaching as a alternative for Rodrygo. The aim was allowed to face after a VAR test for offside.
The closing phases of the 90 minutes have been extra memorable for yellow playing cards than possibilities however Vinicius got here near an added-time winner with an audacious flick from Rudiger’s ball to the far put up.
Griezmann gave Atletico the lead for the third time along with his a hundred and seventy fifth aim for the membership, 10 minutes into extra-time.
The 32-year-old France worldwide, who final week grew to become the membership’s all-time report goalscorer along with his aim within the Spanish Tremendous Cup loss to the identical opponents, beat Vinicius to the ball and held off the Brazilian earlier than chopping inside and firing left-footed over Lunin.
Bellingham was denied by Oblak, then Dani Ceballos tapped in with 9 minutes remaining after the keeper had spilled Bellingham’s shot. Nevertheless, VAR dominated the trouble out with the England man in an offside place.
Doubts concerning the consequence have been ended within the closing minute of extra-time when Memphis Depay arrange fellow substitute Riquelme for Atletico’s fourth.