Real Madrid secured their semi-final to qualify for the Copa del Rey after a 1-1 draw against Valencia in the semi-final second leg Copa del Rey at the Mestalla Stadium on Wednesday (23/01/2013). At the first meeting, Madrid won 2-0 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The victory in the first leg was not made Madrid satisfied. Evidence, coach Jose Mourinho is the best squad when they travel to the headquarters of Valencia in the second leg.
However, Madrid had made concerned with injuries to goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas in the 14th minute. As a result, three minutes later, Casillas had to be pulled out and replaced by Antonio Adan. Nevertheless, Madrid continued to dominate the match. After the Madrid attacks often fail in the first round, one minutes from time Karim Benzema was able to rip the nets El Che were escorted Vicente Guaita.
Receiving feedback Sodoran Xabi Alonso, Benzema fired coolly sank smoothly into the Valencia goal. Madrid winning 1-0 in the first round as well as widen the aggregate to 3-0. Just six minutes into the second half, Madrid had to play with ten players due to a second yellow card received by Fabio Coentrao for touching the ball with his hand. It can be used well Valencia. Tino Costa's free kick goalkeeper Adan pierced to change the score to 1-1.
Need more goals, Valencia had again benefited two minutes ahead of the game ended. This time, Angel di Maria receives a red card by the referee. However, Valencia failed to maximize the remaining time left. Score remains 1-1 and Madrid winning 3-1 on aggregate over Valencia. This success brought Madrid to step into the Copa del Rey semifinals. In the semifinal, Madrid will be waiting for the winner between Barcelona and Malaga. At the first meeting, the two teams share the same score 2-2.
The composition of players
Receiving feedback Sodoran Xabi Alonso, Benzema fired coolly sank smoothly into the Valencia goal. Madrid winning 1-0 in the first round as well as widen the aggregate to 3-0. Just six minutes into the second half, Madrid had to play with ten players due to a second yellow card received by Fabio Coentrao for touching the ball with his hand. It can be used well Valencia. Tino Costa's free kick goalkeeper Adan pierced to change the score to 1-1.
Need more goals, Valencia had again benefited two minutes ahead of the game ended. This time, Angel di Maria receives a red card by the referee. However, Valencia failed to maximize the remaining time left. Score remains 1-1 and Madrid winning 3-1 on aggregate over Valencia. This success brought Madrid to step into the Copa del Rey semifinals. In the semifinal, Madrid will be waiting for the winner between Barcelona and Malaga. At the first meeting, the two teams share the same score 2-2.
The composition of players
Valencia (4-2-3-1): 13-Vicente Guaita; 12-Joao Pereira, 18-Victor Ruiz, 4-Adil Rami, 3-Aly Cissokho; 20-Ricardo Costa, 24-Tino Costa; 15-Jonathan Viera , 7-Jonas Goncalves (23-Sergio Cabales 70), 17-Andres Guardado (10-Ever Banega 46); 16-Nelson Haedo Valdez
Madrid (4-2-3-1): 1-Iker Casillas (13-Antonio Adan 17); 17-Alvaro Arbeloa, 18-Raul Albiol, 2-Raphael Varane, 5-Fabio Coentrao; 14-Xabi Alonso, 6 - Sami Khedira; 22-Angel di Maria, 10-Mesut Oezil (27-Nacho Fernandez 53), 7-Cristiano Ronaldo; 9-Karim Benzema (19-Luka Modric 74)
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