As part of the King’s Cup round of 16 matches today evening, Thursday, Real defeated Villarreal with a deadly win (3-2).
Etienne Kabul and Samuel Chukwueze scored for Villarreal in the fourth and 42nd minutes, respectively, while Vinicius Junior, Eder Militao, and Danny Ceballos joined Real Madrid in the 57th, 69th, and 86th minutes.
Villarreal applied pressure early on in the game, which led to a goal of progress as Juan Foyth sent the ball to Gerard Moreno, who then passed it to Kabwe, who placed it in Courtois’ net with a single touch.
In the 10th minute, Real Madrid’s Fede Valverde fired a shot that missed Villarreal’s goal as the first reaction.
In the 18th minute, Pino came close to scoring Villarreal’s second goal with a shot from the penalty spot that went just wide of Courtois’ left post.
In the 28th minute, Vinicius requested a penalty kick after falling as a result of a shove from Foyth, but the match official elected to continue play.
Goalkeeper Jurgensen excelled in preventing it in the 34th minute after Karim Benzema ran until he entered the penalty area and passed to Mendy, who did not hesitate to aim right at the yellow submarines.
The second goal for Villarreal was scored in the 42nd minute by Samuel Chukwueze, who connected with Courtois to the left after receiving a beautiful cross from Gerard Moreno inside the penalty area.
The king ascends
Real Madrid took control of the game at the beginning of the second half, until Vinicius, a Brazilian, scored in the 57th minute to cut the margin. Vinicius received a pass from Ceballos after cutting a ball from the Villarreal players, and with one touch, he struck the goalkeeper’s lower left corner.
By stopping a dangerous effort by the Brazilian player, Jorgensen denied Villarreal goalkeeper Vinicius from adding the second goal in the 64th minute.
In the 69th minute, Militao successfully scored the equalizer for Real Madrid from a cross from the left side through Mendy that went inside the area for Benzema to set up Militao in front of the goal.
Real Madrid’s push persisted despite a significant backlash from the public and landowners.
And in the 86th minute, Danny Ceballos scored the decisive goal for Real Madrid by receiving a curved pass inside the penalty area from his teammate Danny Ceballos and shooting low and to the left of goalkeeper Jorgensen to advance the Meringue to the quarterfinals.
