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On Thursday in the second leg of the King's Cup Round of 16 matches, Madrid's "Real" crushed the Bilbao "Athletic" footballers, who have played very unsuccessfully this year, and confidently stepped into the quarterfinals.
Madrid 4 - 0 (first leg 1-0; aggregate score 5-0) 29` [1 - 0] Robinho 65` [2 - 0] Sergio Ramos 87` [3 - 0] Roberto Soldado 90` [4 - 0] Robinho
Although both teams started the match slowly, in the first half "Real" had the first chance to break through when Guti received the ball following a corner kick by "Athletic" and sent it to Robinho, but the Brazilian made a mistake by passing the ball to a free Julio Baptista.
Nevertheless, Robinho redeemed himself when he received a pass from Guti, broke into the visitors' penalty area, and calmly sent the ball past Inaki Lafuente into the goal.
The visitors looked disoriented in this match and in the 65th minute defender Sergio Ramos took advantage, scoring a goal with his chest after David Beckham's free kick, and at the end of the match substitute forward Roberto Soldado and Robinho added two more goals.
Due to Ronaldo's injury, R. Soldado took the opportunity to enter the field, and just two minutes before the end of regular time, he sent the ball into the top corner of the goal with a header after Raul Bravo's pass.
After this goal, "Real" fans started moving towards the exits, but the fourth goal by "Real" received applause from the audience, as Brazilian Robinho scored it in extra time after a great pass from D. Beckham.
"Real", who played in this match without goalkeeper Iker Casillas and injured forward Ronaldo, had their victory slightly overshadowed by a second-half injury to defender Michel Salgado. It is not yet clear how long the Spaniard will be out, but he will likely be replaced on the field by new signing Cicinho.
