Vinicius was next to try his luck, cutting in from the left and curling a strike from 15 yards narrowly over the top. The chaos continued with David Alaba rattling the crossbar with a phenomenal 30-yard free-kick on the half-hour mark. Osasuna were causing problems though and should have been level when Barcelona loanee Ez Abde robbed Eder Militao of the ball and raced through one-on-one with Courtois, managing to dink the imposing Belgian but only for Dani Carvajal to retreat and clear the ball off the line.
Los Blancos were happy to exploit the spaces behind the Osasuna defence on the counter, with Vinicius continually running at Moncayola, this time crossing for Rodrygo to tee up Karim Benzema, but the Frenchman's shot was well saved by Sergio Herrera. Pena sought to make amends back down the other end, picking out striker Ante Budimir with a delicate cross soon after, but the Croatian's header was easily held by Thibaut Courtois. Vinicius Junior danced his way inside on the left byline past Jon Moncayola and Ruben Pena, pulling the ball back for Rodrygo to fire home from around 10 yards. Real Madrid broke the deadlock with less than two minutes on the clock. Osasuna were denied their first ever major trophy but can return to Pamplona with their collective heads held high after an impressive display against the reigning European champions.
Real Madrid managed to hold off the relentless advances of Osasuna to win their first Copa del Rey since 2014 on Saturday evening.Ī brace from Rodrygo helped Los Blancos on their way to victory, but they were made to work for the silverware at La Cartuja in Seville.
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