Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Copa del Rey round-up

Copa del Rey round-up

Atletico Madrid staged a dramatic comeback to book their place in the quarter-finals of the King's Cup.

Real Mallorca were also victorious on Thursday to ensure that they remain in the hunt for major silverware in Spain.

Atletico Madrid survived the late dismissal of Paulo Assuncao to turn their fifth round tie against Recreativo Huelva on its head with a stunning 5-1 victory.

Trailing 3-0 from the first leg, the capital giants quickly got to work as Simao opened the scoring in the 21st minute and Sergio Aguero added a second three minutes later.

Tomas Ujfalusi added a third in the 39th minute and Aguero's second just after the hour mark had Atletico in front.

Carlos Carmona put the tie back in doubt with a 71st-minute reply and things got worse for Atletico when Assuncao got his second yellow card two minutes later.

But Simao's 84th-minute strike sent the Madrid club through.

Real Mallorca progressed into the last eight courtesy of a stoppage time goal that secured a 3-1 win over Rayo Vallecano.

The Primera Liga outfit secured their passage 4-3 on aggregate to leave second division Rayo Vallecano heartbroken at the death.

Rayo, 2-1 up from the first leg last week, extended their advantage with a breakaway effort from striker Piti on the stroke of halftime.

Mallorca, though, have won every home game this season and were in no mood to surrender such a fine record. Victor headed in at a corner in the 50th minute, and then fired in at the far post 10 minutes later to draw the tie level.

With extra-time looming Mallorca substitute Mario Suarez scored from close range to send his side through on what was an entertaining - if rainy night - at Ono Estadi.



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