Genuine Madrid rallies past Villarreal in Copa; Barcelona beats Ceuta
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Genuine Madrid showed up nearly disposal from the Copa del Rey, confronting one more dispiriting blow only days in the wake of losing the Spanish Super Cup last to equal Barcelona in Saudi Arabia.
However, with three objectives in under 30 minutes on Thursday, Madrid energized to conquer a two-objective shortfall in the primary half and crushed Villarreal 3-2 to progress to the Copa quarterfinals for the subsequent straight season.
Barcelona prior Thursday progressed with a 5-0 defeat of third-division club Ceuta, with Robert Lewandowski scoring two times.
Dani Ceballos scored Madrid's go on objective with a shot from the edge of the punishment region in the 86th moment to give his group triumph in Villarreal. He had defined up Vinícius Júnior's objective in the 57th to begin the rebound, and Éder Militão got the balancer in the 70th.
"Things changed in the final part after an unfortunate beginning, Madrid mentor Carlo Ancelotti said. "I told the players they needed to awaken. We lost an excessive number of duels."
Villarreal, attempting to get back to the last eight after a series of-32 leave last season, had taken an agreeable lead with objectives by Étienne Capoue in the fourth moment and Samuel Chukwueze in the 42nd.
Madrid, which was wiped out by Athletic Bilbao in the quarterfinals last season, had lost 2-1 at Villarreal in its last Spanish association match, dropping three focuses behind pioneer Barcelona.
"I think we played better compared to they did once more," Villarreal mentor Quique Setién said. "You generally must be cautious with Genuine Madrid."
Ancelotti said he was irritated at Rodrygo for obviously being annoyed with his replacement.
Atletico Madrid, Genuine Sociedad, Sevilla, Valencia, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna have additionally progressed to the Copa quarterfinals.
The draw for the last-eight matchups will be on Friday.
Reigning champ Genuine Betis was disposed of by Osasuna in a punishment shootout on Wednesday.
BARCELONA Travels
Barcelona kept energy from its Spanish Super Cup win by serenely crushing Ceuta. The 3-1 win over Madrid in Saudi Arabia gave the Catalan club its most memorable title since Lionel Messi left in 2021.
Raphinha opened the scoring on Thursday with a low left-footed shot from outside the punishment region in the 41st moment before Lewandowski added to the lead from inside the container after a pass by Franck Kessié in the 50th. Ansu Fati got the third in a breakaway in the 70th, Kessié scored the fourth with a header in the 77th and Lewandowski found the net again with a low strike in the 90th.
"These matches can be troublesome on the off chance that you don't play at 100 percent, so we needed to view it extremely in a serious way," Barcelona's Sergi Roberto said.
"After the second objective things got a piece simpler. We are glad to be through to the following round."
Barcelona didn't make it past the round of 16 of the Copa last season, being killed by Athletic Bilbao. It had won five Copa prizes in seven seasons before that.
Ceuta had progressed past first-division club Elche in the round of 32.
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