Do not forget, that this Real Madrid You have to kill him when you can because if he doesn’t reincarnate, no matter how hard you try, no matter how much better you are, the ghost rises when no one expects it and can defeat you. Today Elche found out, who did what he could, who dreamed of the feat but saw his rival advancing to the King’s Cup quarterfinals, after winning, in extra time and with controversy, by 2-1.
Everything happened in the round of 16 duel, which had the favorite with one foot in the elimination, but through sheer talent and sacrifice and with controversy at the end, he ended up getting into the next phase. Both teams finished ten, to begin with. And then Hazard was the hero of the film… Yes, Hazard, the criticized, the discussed, the one they say is leaving…
It was all pure illusion Elche, that I had Johan Mojica Y Helibelton Palacios, headlines no less than against Real Madrid. And they didn’t clash at all.
The first half belonged to the locals, with good starts on Mojica’s side and with the only two chances of scoring in the first 45, both the work of Guido Carrillo: at 9 minutes the ball hit the crossbar, when it appeared free and almost under the arch it failed; and at 24 Mojica put a nice cross but Lunin saved with a header.
But the second half came and the court tilted: Modric and Casemiro had to enter and the ball went to the visitor, who, however, had hardly any approaches: with Rodrygo (twice), with Vinicius, with Casemiro himself from medium distance, but without disturbing Werner enough. So they went into overtime.
And in those first 15 additional, the game was another. Real Madrid kept the ball but did not count on Marcelo’s error, who had to touch Caicedo Verdú when he headed for goal, thus earning the red card, and on top of that, when the free kick was collected, he saw Elche celebrate 1-0 , after an unfortunate rebound in Ceballos. At 104 minutes, the David of history eliminated Golliat from the Copa del Rey!
But it was Madrid, and at 107 minutes they equalized on a play by Ceballos, who crowned Isco with a backheel and with his back to the goal. 1-1 with ten men! The joy of Mojica and Palacios did not last long, both of them had a very good game.
The thing is that that goal gave confidence to a Madrid team that ended up celebrating on account of the much-discussed Hazard: his appearance down the wing was phenomenal, he forced Werner out and hit him with an unattainable cross shot for 1-2, with ten men, in extra time, with everything against ..
Elche did what it could, suffered the expulsion of Pere Milla for protesting and then, due to a previous foul by Verdú against Lucas Vásquez, they annulled Fidel’s goal play almost on the whistle… And it seemed that yes, that the foul was real, although everyone surrounded the judge to protest, but time was running out without achieving the task. Still, there was food for controversy. And so Real Madrid won by effort, by talent, by resources… because it is Madrid.
