In the early morning of February 4, Beijing time, the 1/4 final of the King's Cup began, and Real Madrid, which had won the King's Cup 19 times, went to the away matchup Bilbao Athletic, which was the 58th time that the two teams played each other in the King's Cup, which was the two teams that met the most in the competition, before 57 games, Real Madrid won 25, drew 8 and lost 24, and the competition with Athletic Bilbao was very sticky. In this campaign, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao continued the historical trajectory, both sides will win, but Real Madrid did not seize the opportunity, Casemiro missed a single knife, Athletic Bilbao finally achieved a dead end, defeated Real Madrid 1-0, and successfully entered the top 4 of the Copa del Rey.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti did not stay behind, he arranged for Vinicius, Asensio and Rodrigo to form a trident, Kroos, Casemiro and Modric to partner the three midfielders, Alaba, Nacho, Militão and Vázquez to pair the four defenders, and goalkeeper Thibay Courtois. The starting 11 people are worth 474 million euros, which is quite luxurious. Athletic Bilbao's starting 1 person is worth 103 million euros, and there is a certain gap between the two sides.
In the game, Athletic Bilbao played the home advantage, although the possession rate was only 42%, but the offensive suppressed Real Madrid, with a shooting contrast of 16-6 and a shooting contrast of 2-2, and finally successfully seized the opportunity to take away the victory 1-0. Real Madrid began to expose problems at both ends of the attack and defense, the thickness of the squad was worrying, and Benzema's absence led to a sharp drop in the ability of the attacking end to seize opportunities.
In the 80th minute of the game, Real Madrid attacked the opponent, Asensio and Casemiro completed a delicate passing run, by Casemiro from the right side of the ribs in front of the bottom, shunshi got a one-knife attack opportunity, but unfortunately the single-knife shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 88th minute of the game, the single-handed Casemiro was hit again, he made a fatal mistake, the ball was snatched from the back, Besgar directly instigated the attack after breaking the ball, Berenguer got the ball and clipped the defender in the box, directly shot at the goal, thus helping Athletic Bilbao to kill Real Madrid 1-0.
Real Madrid away hate to stop the Copa del Rey 8, but also appeared a two-line cliff-like decline in the bad state, recently in La Liga and Copa del Rey double line consecutive winless, the last round of La Liga 2-2 upset by Elche kicked flat, the copa del Rey 0-1 was killed and eliminated by the opponent, Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey was born 8 years of humiliation, 8 consecutive seasons did not qualify for the Copa del Rey final, the last 29 years are also embarrassing, only won 2 championships in the Copa del Rey. Against Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid had been unbeaten in its previous 7 away games, with 5 wins and 2 draws, and this loss also ended the record of 7 unbeaten games against Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid's opponent Bilbao has become a dark horse and a giant killer, and in the past month, he has won 3 giants in a row, successively defeating the giants Atletico Madrid 2-1 in the semi-finals of the Western Super League, defeating the giants Barcelona in the 1/8 final of the Copa del Rey, and defeating the giants Real Madrid in the 1/4 final of the Copa del Rey, so that they will win the Copa del Rey championship, which has removed the 2 major obstacles to winning the championship.