Atletico Beat Real In Six-Goal Madrid Derby To Reach Copa Del Rey Quarter-Finals

Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 4-2 in extra time in the Copa del Rey. Samuel Lino, Alvaro Morata, Antoine Griezmann and Rodrigo Riquelme got Atleti's goals.
Atletico Beat Real In Six-Goal Madrid Derby To Reach Copa Del Rey Quarter-Finals
Atletico Beat Real In Six-Goal Madrid Derby To Reach Copa Del Rey Quarter-Finals /

Real Madrid's hopes of winning back-to-back Copa del Rey titles for the first time since the 1970s came to an end on Thursday night.

The reigning champions lost 4-2 away at city rivals Atletico Madrid after extra time in the round of 16.

Samuel Lino scored from close range to put Atleti ahead before Real equalized on the stroke of half-time courtesy of a Jan Oblak own goal.

A mix-up between Andriy Lunin and Antonio Rudiger then allowed Alvaro Morata to put the home side back in front.

Joselu hit back for Real to force extra time but goals from Antoine Griezmann and Rodrigo Riquelme saw Atleti prevail.

This was the second time in nine days that a Madrid derby had gone to extra time - after Real beat Atleti 5-3 in the semi-finals of the Supercopa de Espana last week.

Elsewhere on Thursday, Barcelona won 3-1 at Unionistas.

Alvaro Gomez gave the third-tier side a shock lead before goals from Ferran Torres, Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde saw Barca progress to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

Highlights: Atletico Madrid 4-2 Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid players pictured celebrating in front of their fans after beating Real Madrid 4-2 in the Copa del Rey in January 2024
Atletico Madrid's players pictured celebrating in front of their fans after beating Real Madrid 4-2 in the Copa del Rey on Thursday :: IMAGO/Alberto Gardin

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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.