Real move into last four
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29/01/2004
Real move into last four |
MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrid swept into the last four of the Spanish Cup when
goals from Raul and Zinedine Zidane gave them a 2-1 victory over Valencia at
the Mestalla Stadium and a convincing 5-1 win over two legs.
With
Zidane starting the second leg of the quarter-final on the bench and David
Beckham suspended, Real went ahead after 14 minutes when Ronaldo threaded a pass
through Valencia defender Roberto Ayala's legs to Raul and the Spanish
international finished off the move.
Roared
on by 45,000 fans, Xisco equalised for Valencia with a 74th minute header.
But a
heavily deflected free kick from Zidane two minutes into injury time condemned
Valencia to their third successive defeat.
In
their last match before Raddy Antic takes over as coach, Celta Vigo failed to
overturn a 4-2 first-leg deficit against Alaves as a 1-0 home win through
Gustavo Lopez's 68th minute goal proved insufficient to prevent them going
through.
Sevilla also booked a semi-final place by wrapping up a 6-1 aggregate victory
over Atletico Madrid with a 2-1 victory in the capital.
Real
Madrid swept into the last four of the Spanish Cup when goals from Raul and
Zinedine Zidane gave them a 2-1 victory over Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium
and a convincing 5-1 win over two legs.
