At 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 21, the 2021-2022 Spanish Copa del Rey quarterfinals, 10-man Real Madrid fought hard for 120 minutes to reverse the elimination of Elche to advance to the quarterfinals, and Hazard scored the winning goal in the 115th minute. Real Madrid have gone hand in hand on all fronts, preserving hopes of winning four titles this season.
Real Madrid have just been crowned 2022 Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, and Ancelotti has rotated a number of main players in this campaign, with Lunin, Nacho, Marcelo, Camaringa and Jovic entering the starting lineup. After the game began, Elche, who played at home, played aggressively, and in the 10th minute, Hawthorne's low pass from the right, Carrillo's push half a meter in front of the goal faced the empty goal, and the ball actually hit the crossbar and popped up! It was harder to deflect than to score, and Lu Ning was glad he didn't concede the ball.
In the 20th minute, Carrillo received a cross from inside the penalty area and the ball was slightly offside. In the 30th minute, Vazquez passed the ball and Rodrigo's long-range shot from outside the box was deflected. From the beginning of the game, Real Madrid, which lacks multiple main players, is not very threatening on the offensive end, if it were not for Lu Ning's steady performance and the goal frame savior, Real Madrid's goal would have been broken long ago.
Vinicius and Rodrigo, two Brazilian wings, began to power on the flanks, and in the 42nd minute, Vinicius's direct pass, Marcelo 1V2 burst into the box to reverse the triangle back, but Vazquez's pushing shot deflected the ball and Real Madrid missed a good opportunity. In the 47th minute, Marcelo crossed from the left and Jovic volleyed in from the far post, and the ball slid out of the goal! What a shame!
In the 57th minute, Marcelo tried to slash a foot on the edge of the field, the ball was slightly off the line, and Vinicius was ready to stick his foot and shoot but did not hit it. Seeing that the situation could not be opened, Ancelotti made a personnel adjustment in the 71st minute, and Modric and Casemiro came on. In the 77th minute, Vazquez passed the ball, Casemiro took a kick from the edge of the box, and the ball was blocked by the Elche goalkeeper. In the 90 minutes of the game, both sides were unable to break the goal, and the game went into extra time.
Hazard and Ceballos came on in extra time, and in the 103rd minute, Marcelo's back-down single-handed Morente was sent off for a red card, and then Beldu's free-kick was blocked by the wall, Beldu followed up with another shot, the ball hit Ceballos and refracted into the net, Lunin did not react, 1-0! But Real Madrid, which only had 10 men left to fight, did not give up, and in the 108th minute, Casemiro's inverted triangle pass inside the penalty area, followed by Ceballos pushed a kick, the ball hit Isco's foot and deflected into the net, 1-1!
In the 115th minute of the game, Alaba sent the ball behind him, the Elche goalkeeper took the plunge, Anden Hazard swung the ball into the empty goal, 1-2! Carlo Ancelotti on the sidelines shouted, Mr. 100 million became a Real Madrid hero! Elche scored a goal in the 120th minute, but was blown off first because of a foul, and finally the 10-man Real Madrid eliminated Elche in a 2-1 away win away from home to advance to the Copa del Rey Quarterfinals!
Real Madrid starting lineup: 13-Lunin/17-Vazquez, 6-Nacho, 4-Arabba, 12-Marcelo/15 Valverde, 25-Camarenga, 8-Kroos/21 Rodrigo, 16-Jovic, 20-Vinicius