Real Madrid quit the King's Cup after losing to Bilbao

Real Madrid quit the King's Cup after losing to Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao snatched the pass to the semi-finals of the King's Cup, with a fatal victory over its guest, Real Madrid, 1-0, Thursday evening, in the quarter-finals.

Bilbao had also overthrown Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid's traditional rival, in the final price round, to continue his path in the tournament, which he reached the final of last season, before losing to Barcelona.

Bilbao completed the contract for the semi-finalists of the tournament, after the teams of Valencia, Rayo Vallecano, and Real Betis qualified for the semi-finals.

Bilbao entered the match offensively from the beginning, relying on the duo Inaki Williams and his colleague Raul Garcia, while Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid coach, relied on a young attacking trio led by Brazilian Vinicius Junior, along with Marco Asensio and Brazilian Rodrigo.

The absence of the French star Karim Benzema  Absent due to injury influential in the offensive line.

Despite the multiple offensive solutions for both teams, the dangerous opportunities were not present during most of the first half, and Courtois starred in blocking some opportunities from Bilbao captain Iker Muniain, who posed a threat to the royal team's goal.

In the second half, Athletic Bilbao reinforced its attacks against Courtois, and Garcia threatened the Belgian goalkeeper's goal on more than one occasion.

On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Julen Ajiroywabala shone and prevented more than one dangerous opportunity from his goal by Casemiro, Modric, and Vinicius in the second half.

In the 89th minute, while the match was heading to its end, Alex Behring scored the winning goal for Athletic Bilbao, after penetrating from the left front of the Real's defense, to evade the defender and hit the far corner of Courtois' goal, scoring the game's only goal that gave his team the pass to the next round.