Real Zaragoza v Real Madrid - as it happened
Join us for live coverage of the Copa del Rey last 16 tie between Zaragoza and Real Madrid from La Romareda stadium. Will there be a shock?
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Match report in news
End of match
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92'FT: Zaragoza 0-4 R Madrid! All over at La Romareda! Real Madrid are through to the quarter-finals after a comfortable victory over Zaragoza. Varane, Vazquez, Vinicius and Benzema netted for Zidane's men while the Segunda side were never in the game to be brutally honest. A very one sided game and Zaragoza can focus on their promotion challenge. That's all from us, thanks for your company and see you again soon!
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91'Kroos is penalised for a foul.
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91'Two extra minutes.
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90'RM attack through Carvajal and then Vazquez square pass is intercepted by the GK.
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88'Guti hits wide of the goal.
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88'The game is calming down now. Both teams happy to see this one out now.
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85'Alex Blanco shoots over at the other end now! The game has become very open now the result has been decided.
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85'Benzema!!! He tries to beat Raton, but the ball goes wide of the far post.
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83'Brahim shoots wide of the goal!
Goaaaaaal!
de Real Madrid en el 79'
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Statistics of K. Benzema in Copa del Rey310.33100
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79'Benzema gets on the scoresheet! Brahim Diaz passes to Carvajal on this near flank and the cross goes to Benzema at the back post to tap in. 0-4 and the ref might just end this at 90 minutes.
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79'Alex Blanco tests the GK now!
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78'What a superb stop by Areola to deny Luis Suarez!! Kagawa had put in the pass for the Colombian.
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75'How did that not go in?? Marcelo gets on the end of James' pass at the far side, Carvajal pushes Vazquez the ball hits Vazquez and Raton tips over. The ref had blown for a foul though.
Substitution
at Real Zaragoza
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74'Zaragoza sub: Guti on for Soro.
Substitution
at Real Madrid
Substitution
at Real Madrid
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73'RM double sub: Brahim and Benzema on for Vinicius and Jovic.
Goaaaaaal!
de Real Madrid en el 72'
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Statistics of Vinícius Júnior in Copa del Rey310.33110
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72'Vinicius scores to kill this one off! He plays a fantastic one-two with James before chipping it over Raton and into the goal. This game has gone now for the Liga Smartbank side.
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70'Suarez!!! Super play by the Colombian who plays a one-two with Kagawa before completely miscuing his shot wide.
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70'Brilliant pass for Marcelo, but he slips at the vital moment...
Substitution
at Real Madrid
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67'RM sub: Ramos leaves the park and is Nacho comes on. Ramos went to applaud some of the crowd and that led to Ramos getting booed even more.
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64'Soro is penalised for barging Ramos off the ball much to the disgust of the home faithful.
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63'Kagawa curls one over from just inside the box! The subs have given the players and the crowd a lift.
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60'James Igbekeme goes for goal from distance and he can't find the target!
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59'Corner for the home team after the subs combine.
Substitution
at Real Zaragoza
Substitution
at Real Zaragoza
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58'Zaragoza double sub: Alex Blanco and Luis Suarez on for Pereira and Linares.
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57'Corner for RM on the far side. Zaragoza are ready to make a double change.
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53'Still all RM so far in the second period.
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52'Marcelo tries to curl one into the box with the outside of his boot! It beats everyone though and it's a goal kick.
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50'Three Zaragoza players are warming up on the touchline. One of them is Luis Suarez who has 14 goals for the Segunda side this season, the club's top scorer.
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48'Zaragoza trying to attack, but they're lacking accuracy in their passes.
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48'Vinicius sends a cross from the far side for James and Raton comes out to knock away with his foot.
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47'Jovic is caught offside. Clear.
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46'Valverde is penalised for a handball in midfield.
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46'Welcome back! Zaragoza get us going again! No changes.
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45'HT: Zaragoza 0-2 R Madrid! Half-time at La Romareda! It's been plain sailing for the away side so far. Varane scored in the 6th minute and then Lucas Vazquez made it 0-2 after 32 and Zidane's men have hardly been troubled by the Segunda side. Will things change after the break? Stay with us to find out!
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45'One extra minute.
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44'Vital clearance by Zaragoza! Marcelo passes to James and his pass into the six yard box is knocked away by Grippo as Vazquez was about to tap home.
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42'Lucas Vazquez is caught offside on the far side.
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39'Vinicius!! Marcelo passes to Vinicius inside the box and his tame effort is easily saved by Raton.
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38'Whistles from the home crowd as Madrid pass the ball amongst themselves.
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35'RM are in complete control.
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33'I think Zaragoza will struggle to come back from this.
Goaaaaaal!
de Real Madrid en el 32'
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Statistics of Lucas Vázquez in Copa del Rey111000
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32'RM score again! Lucas Vazquez makes it two! A terrible error by Linares on the edge of his box, Kroos wins it off him and he gives a simple pass to Vazquez who fires home!!! The GK got a hand to it, but he couldn't keep it out.
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30'Kagawa gets a corner for the hosts as his shot is deflected behind by Varane. The set piece is scrambled away!
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29'Vinicius hits the sidenetting for RM, but the flag is up as Vazquez is offside.
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27'Valverde's scuffed effort goes over the bar!
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24'It's a totally different game now.
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23'What a save by Areola!! Linares passes the ball to Kagawa just outside the box and Kagawa's deflected strike off Carvajal is brilliantly tipped over the goalie! That was going in.
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23'Great block by Ramos to prevent Zaragoza from threatening.
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22'Free-kick to Zaragoza for a foul by Vinicius on Soro. The home side are coming into this now.
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21'Ramos is down injured after Pereira's shot strikes the RM man in an uncomfortable area.
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20'RM concede a corner much to Marcelo's disgust. Zaragoza take it quickly and Zidane's men had to concede another.
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17'Zaragoza win a free-kick deep in their own half. They quickly lose the ball again though and James' ball across the box is way too strong. Zaragoza's right is being targeted constantly.
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16'Eguaras is penalised for bringing down Vinicius.
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14'Real Madrid have another corner which comes to nothing. Zaragoza yet to trouble Areola.
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12'Corner for RM after great play by Vinicius on this near side once again.
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11'Zaragoza scramble the ball clear after another dangerous RM move and foul is finally called against Zidane's men. One sided so far.
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10'Some of the players are slipping on the surface which has been watered.
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8'It was to check whether Vinicius was offside as he let the ball go through his legs and was clearly interfering with play, but he was onside.
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7'VAR checked to see whether there was an offside, but it was all clean.
Goaaaaaal!
de Real Madrid en el 6'
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Statistics of R. Varane in Copa del Rey111000
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6'Goal for RM!!! Varane scores! Kroos takes the corner short to Carvajal, he gives it back to Kroos and the German crosses the ball to Varane at the far post for him to knock in. It was clever by Vinicius as he let Kroos' cross go through his legs.
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5'Corner for the away side.
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5'Vinicius is clearly brought down by Delmas on his near side and RM can swing this free-kick into the box.
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3'Delmas slips, Vinicius gets the ball down this near side and Delmas gets back well to redeem himself.
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2'RM lose the ball in their own half, but Zar's attack ends in a cross which comes to nothing.
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1'RM get us going after a long wait for the clock to strike 9pm! They are shooting from right to left.
Start of match
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PRVWGrippo and Ramos shake hands with the referee for the coin toss. There have been several changes, but both teams want to win this.
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PRVWWhat an atmosphere here in Zaragoza! It's a full house and the players are out on the puitch. Zaragoza in white, RM in green.
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PRVWReal Madrid won 0-1 at Valladolid at the weekend and have made eight changes for this one. Only Ramos, Varane and Kroos started the La Liga game.
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PRVWNine changes have been made by Zaragoza. Only Atienza and Eguaras started against Numancia in the 1-0 win at the weekend. It looks like they have prioritised La Liga promotion.
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PRVW14 degrees and overcast in Zaragoza this evening.
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PRVWJose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez is the referee for this one while Adrian Cordero Vega is the VAR.
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PRVWZaragoza are in 4th, just three points off the automatic promotion spots in Segunda.
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PRVWZaragoza have got a striker called Luis Suarez on the bench. He's Colombian, but he's very good and got many goals already this season. He has been injured recently though and does not start despite starting on Saturday against Numancia.
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PRVWRM XI: Areola (GK); Marcelo, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal; James, Valverde, Kroos; Vinicius, Jovic and Lucas Vazquez.
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PRVWZaragoza XI: Raton (GK); Clemente, Atienza, Grippo, Delmas; Soro, Eguaras, Igbekeme, Kagawa; Pereira and Linares.
Pre-match
29 January 2020, 21:00
Referee: González González | VAR: Cordero Vega
Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
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PRVWGood evening and welcome to live coverage of the Copa del Rey last 16 game between Zaragoza and Real Madrid from La Romareda!