Real Madrid does not speculate in Cartagonova

Real Madrid has advanced to the round of 16 of the 2024-25 Copa del Rey after beating Deportiva Minera (0-5), a Second RFEF team, this Monday at the Cartagonova stadium in Cartagena, a placid round of 32 match for those of Carlo Ancelotti, already focused on the Spanish Super Cup.

Very serious from the start despite the numerous rotations – in the debut of youth players Lorenzo, Aguado and Chema – the white team soon opened the scoring through Fede Valverde, and goals from Eduardo Camavinga and Arda Güler allowed them to leave with a juicy rent for locker rooms. Luka Modric and again the Turk closed the ‘little hand’ in the second half. Now, the team will have to think about the Super Cup semi-finals next Thursday against RCD Mallorca.

In a packed Cartagonova, it took just five minutes for the Madrid team to break the deadlock. Before, two minutes after the opening whistle, goalkeeper Fran Martínez stopped a shot from Arda Güler after a pass from Endrick, who also warned seconds later with a shot that found the local goalkeeper.

In an error in the ball’s release from the Murcia team, Brahim put the ball at the far post and Fede Valverde, with a high kick, was in charge of sending the ball to the back of the net (min.5). Shortly after, Raúl Asencio touched the second goal with a shot that went wide.

Already in the 13th minute, Fran García caught a rebound and hung the ball in the area for the arrival of Eduardo Camavinga, who knocked it down to make the momentary 0-2. Omar Perdomo tried to surprise forward Andriy Lunin with a shot from the center of the field that went close to the post, although it was Real Madrid that struck again.

After seeking his fortune on a couple of previous occasions, the Turkish Arda Güler stood near the front and, with a left-footed shot that touched a Deportiva Minera defender, managed to score the third of the afternoon (min.28) and confirm the superiority of the white team.

Fran Martínez prevented the rout from being even greater at half-time, first by taking a shot at Brahim’s short post and, almost with time up, with a double save on a cross shot by Valverde and the rebound by Fran García.

A ball to the post by Brahim opened the second half in Cartagonova, with Dani Ceballos already on the field for Valverde, just before Omar Perdomo had the first shot between the three sticks for those from El Llano del Beal, which Lunin stopped without problems . Croatian Luka Modric added the fourth to the scoreboard with a threaded shot that put him far out of reach of Fran Martínez (min.55), who did stop the subsequent attacks by Güler and Endrick.

Ancelotti moved the bench to give Vinícius and Kylian Mbappé minutes before the Spanish Super Cup, and with Lucas Vázquez and Chema he exhausted the changes in the 63rd minute. A new save by the local goalkeeper frustrated Endrick’s goal, but Güler managed to close the rout in the 88th minute when receiving a low pass from Fran García.

TECHNICAL SHEET.

–RESULT: DEPORTIVA MINERA, 0 – REAL MADRID, 5 (0-3, at halftime).

–ALIGNMENTS:

MINING SPORTS: Fran; Mas, Monty (Baradji, min.46), Molina, Juanmi (Sheffield, min.46); Omar, Britos, Vera (Sanchís, min.77), Petcoff; Pipo (Pujante, min.62) and Ferrón (Cortado, min.62).

REAL MADRID: Lunin; Lorenzo (Lucas Vázquez, min.63), Asencio, Aguado, Fran García; Modric (Vinícius, min.62), Camavinga (Mbappé, min.63), Valverde (Ceballos, min.46); Arda Güler, Endrick y Brahim (Chema, min.63).

–GOALS:

0-1, min.5: Fede Valverde.

0-2, min.13: Camavinga.

0-3, min.28: Laughs.

0-4, min.55: Modric.

0-5, min.88: Laughs.

–REFEREE: Alberola Rojas (C.Castellano-manchego). Juanmi was cautioned (min.10) by Deportiva Minera.

–STADIUM: Cartagonova.