Already out of the Champions League, Barcelona's season almost took another turn for the worse on Wednesday when third-tier Intercity (founded 2017 in the Valencian Community) forced them into extra-time in the Copa del Rey Round of 32 with a 3-3 scoreline after 90 minutes.
La cartelera de la tercera ronda de la Copa Rey este martes prometía acción para varios mexicanos en España.
El número central era el debut de César Montes en el Espanyol vs. Celta de Vigo. Pero la oferta también daba la rara oportunidad de ver al mediocampista Luis Fernando Télles del humilde CP Cacereño enfrentando al todopoderoso Real Madrid, mientras que el Sporting de Gijón visitaba al Rayo Vallecano con Jordan Carrillo en su arsenal.
Y de los tres, fue Carrillo el que más impresionó.
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No sin sufrimiento, el Real Betis consiguió el tercer título de su historia en la Copa del Rey, luego de vencer en lanzamientos penales al Valencia. La gloria verdiblanca tocó de paso la puerta de los dos mexicanos de su plantel: Diego Lainez y Andrés Guardado.
El aporte de ambos en la final fue dispar. Lainez no estuvo ni siquiera sentado en el banco de suplentes, mientras que Guardado ingresó en el complemento y convirtió uno de los penales que desataría los festejos béticos.
Tenida especial para una jornada especial.
El Real Betis mostró al mundo la camiseta con que jugará este fin de semana la final de la Copa del Rey ante Valencia.
Real Betis' magical season had its finest moment yet Thursday as the club saw off Rayo Vallecano 1-1 at the Benito Villamarín to win its Copa del Rey semifinal 3-2 on aggregate, setting up a final against Valencia on April 23.
Rayo, which has never advanced to a Copa final in its history, struggled to create any chances of note at the Benito Villamarín as we approached the final 10 minutes of the match. It looked like the decisive goal would ultimately be the 68th-minute winner William Carvalho scored in the first leg back on Feb. 9 in Madrid.
Athletic Club has lost in the previous two Copa del Rey finals but the Basque club is absolutely determined to win the trophy for the first time since 1984. That determination has come in the form of knocking out Barcelona and Real Madrid in back-to-back rounds.
The hosts knocked Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey Thursday with a dramatic last-minute goal.
Barcelona has crashed out of the Copa del Rey in the Round of 16 for the first time in 12 years after Athletic Bilbao won in extra time 3-2 on Thursday. This was revenge for Athletic after losing in the final to Barcelona 4-0 last season.
The game got off to a thrilling start when rising star Nico Williams burned Jordi Alba down the right wing before sending in a dangerous cross. Iker Muniain picked up Nico’s ball to score a beautiful goal to send San Mamés wild.
A Spanish Cup clash between rivals Sevilla and Real Betis was abandoned on Saturday after Sevilla player Joan Jordan was struck in the head by an object thrown from the stands.
Video replays showed a pole-shaped object hitting Jordan on the head moments after Nabil Fekir had equalized for hosts Betis to draw the last 16 tie level at 1-1 at the Estadio Benito Villamarin.
I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forgive Barcelona for knocking the most interesting goalkeeper in the world out of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Barcelona defeated third-tier side Linares Deportivo 2-1. Between the sticks for Linares was Ghanaian Brimah Razak.
One year ago, Razak went viral for his choice of headwear during a Copa del Rey clash with Sevilla.