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Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid: Athletic Club score at the death to knock Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey – Match Report

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid: Athletic Club score at the death to knock Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey – Match Report

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid:  Copa del Rey – The Copa del Rey dream lives on for Athletic Bilbao, as Alex Berenguer’s late strike secures a deserved upset over Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. The hosts head through to the semi-finals, while Los Blancos’ hopes of a domestic clean sweep comes to an end. Full-time at […]

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid:  Copa del Rey – The Copa del Rey dream lives on for Athletic Bilbao, as Alex Berenguer’s late strike secures a deserved upset over Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. The hosts head through to the semi-finals, while Los Blancos’ hopes of a domestic clean sweep comes to an end. Full-time at San Mames Stadium, it finished Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Madrid. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news and updates.

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid: Athletic Club score at the death to knock Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey – Match Report

There’s going to be a party in Bilbao tonight. Twice, this club has been to the Copa del Rey Final in recent years. Twice, they’ve come up short. Today, they did not and they’ll head to the semi-finals once again at the expense of the team who edged them in the Supercopa last month, no less. Revenge is a dish best served hot in this town.

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid: Real Madrid knocked out of the Copa del Rey

Athletic move on to the Copa del Rey semi-finals after beating Real Madrid 1-0 on Thursday. Scorers: Berenguer 89′; After knocking out holders Barcelona in the Round of 16, Athletic welcomed Real Madrid to San Mamés in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid:  Copa del Rey – And the hosts made themselves known in the first half dominating possession and threatening on the counter-attack with Iker Muniain and Raúl García, in particular, causing problems. Meanwhile, with star man Karim Benzema unavailable, Real Madrid struggled to create anything worthwhile in the attacking third.

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Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid: Athletic Club score at the death to knock Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey – Match Report

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid:  Copa del Rey – Instead, it was the defenders who glowed for Carlo Ancelotti’s side as Eder Militão and Nacho put their bodies on the line to prevent the hosts from opening the scoring on multiple occasions. Things stood 0-0 at half-time, seeing both sides ramp up the pressure after the break but Athletic continued to be in the driver’s seat going on to record 15 shots compared to seven for Madrid.

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid:  Copa del Rey –Over time, the hosts continued to lunge forward while the visitors were scraping by through the skin of their teeth. But the pressure from Athletic was eventually too much and some incredible individual skill from Álex Berenguer beat Thibaut Courtois at the death to send the hosts through.

Athletic Club defeat Real Madrid: Athletic Club score at the death to knock Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey – Match Report

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