Real Madrid reach Copa del Rey final after chaotic game against Real Sociedad | OneFootball

With a lot of emotion at the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid booked their place in the Copa del Rey final thanks to a 5-4 aggregate lead (due to a 1-0 win in the first leg) after an insane game that ended in a 4-4 draw in extra time. Real will now await the outcome of the Atlético Madrid-Barcelona clash (Wednesday 2nd) to find out their opponents in the final.

Endrick, Bellingham, Tchouaméni and Rüdiger were responsible for Real Madrid's goals, while Oyarzabal (2), Barrenetxea and Alaba scored for a valiant Real Sociedad. Considering the record of one win in eight games, this draw could certainly represent the start of a new era in the fight against relegation from LaLiga.

The key points in Real Madrid's qualification for the final

One of the great individual highlights in this match was Endrick, who almost hit a bicycle kick at the start of the game, but played a decisive role with the goal scored in the 30th minute, assisted by Vinícius Júnior. This goal was crucial considering that Real Sociedad had already opened the scoring with Barrenetxea curling the ball between Lunin's legs.

Taking advantage of the physical tiredness of Carlo Ancelotti's team, Real Sociedad upped the intensity and created several dangerous chances and goals, finally making it 2-1 with Pablo Marín's deflection off Alaba. In the 80th minute, Oyarzabal took advantage of Kubo's deflection and Alaba once again prevented Lunin from saving, who was again unlucky.

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Real Madrid had to find the strength to get back into the match, and Vinícius Júnior reacted to his poor performance with a spectacular dribble over Traoré, taking off to find Bellingham free in the area. In the 85th minute, Tchouaméni headed in a goal that would have seen Madrid through in regulation time, but Oyarzabal took advantage of Lunin's error to force extra time.

As expected, extra time saw plenty of technical problems from both teams due to accumulated fatigue, but Real Madrid managed to avoid a penalty shoot-out thanks to Rudiger's header 10 minutes into extra time.

Endrick approaches mark set by Cristiano Ronaldo

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Real Madrid's thrilling qualification was historic for Endrick, who scored his fifth goal of the 2024/25 season. With this, the Brazilian became the first player from the Merengue team with this number of goals in a season since Cristiano Ronaldo, who finished with seven goals in 2012/13.