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Copa del Rey: Actual Madrid and Cacereno (Twitter)
Rodrygo scored the one aim and celebrated by paying tribute to Pele as Actual Madrid superior to the Spanish Cup final 16 with a hard-fought 1-0 win over fourth-tier Cacereno
(Reuters) – A second-string Actual Madrid facet edged fourth-tier CP Cacereno 1-0 within the Copa del Rey final 32 with a late aim from Rodrygo as they bid for his or her first triumph within the competitors since 2014.
Actual supervisor Carlo Ancelotti made 9 adjustments to the staff that received 2-0 at Actual Valladolid on Friday, resting a number of key gamers together with Karim Benzema and Vinícius Jr.
Actual went into the break locked at 0-0 versus Cacereno, with a crowded stadium seeing little motion within the opening interval.
It took 69 minutes for Actual to interrupt the impasse when Rodrygo eluded the Cacereno defence to get into the field the place he elegantly positioned his shot into the top-right nook.
The Santos youth product celebrated by honouring the late Pele, replicating his iconic punch within the air.
Pele’s funeral was held Tuesday in Brazil after his demise final week at age 82.
Madrid made their Cup debut within the spherical of 32 and coach Carlo Ancelotti rested star gamers together with Karim Benzema for the journey to the western Extremadura facet who had ousted prime flight Girona within the earlier spherical.
On Tuesday, Valencia, Villarreal and Espanyol additionally superior to the final 16.
Espanyol eradicated Celta Vigo 3-1 after further time in the one top-flight duel, after the match ended 1-1 following common time.
Sergi Darder scored Espanyol’s second with Nico Melamed bagging the winner with two minutes to go after Celta misplaced Argentine goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín to a second yellow card.
First division sides Rayo Vallecano and Getafe had been eradicated by second division groups Sporting Gijon (2-0) and Levante (3-2) respectively.
Valencia eased previous La Nucía 3-0 in a regional derby with Justin Kluivert opening the scoring after three minutes.
Villarreal stormed again previous FC Cartagena, who had taken a shock lead, with the primary division facet sealing a 5-1 victory with all their objectives within the second half.
On Wednesday, Barcelona play at Intercity, a third-division staff from Alicante, whereas Atletico Madrid play second-division Actual Oviedo.
(With inputs from Agenies)
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