MADRID, KOMPAS.com - Sergio Ramos membawa timnya meraih kemenangan pada pertandingan leg pertama babak perempatfinal Copa del Rey antara Real Madrid vs Girona yang digelar di Stadion Santiago Bernabeu, Kamis (24/1/2019) atau Jumat dini hari WIB.
Real Madrid menang 4-2 atas Girona. Gol Real Madrid dicetak oleh Lucas Vazquez pada menit ke-18, Sergio Ramos (42' pen, 77'), dan Karim Benzema (80'). Sementara gol balasan Girona dicetak oleh Anthony Lozano (7') dan Alex Granell (66' pen).
Hasil ini membuat Real Madrid memiliki modal besar untuk melaju ke babak semifinal karena sementara unggul agregat 4-2 atas Girona.
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Pada babak pertama, Real Madrid yang tampil di depan publiknya sendiri mendominasi jalannya laga. Namun, mereka kebobolan terlebih dahulu pada menit ke-7 lantaran gol Anthony Lozano.
Pada menit ke-18, Real Madrid akhirnya bisa menyamakan kedudukan menjadi 1-1 setelah Lucas Vazquez membobol gawang Girona.
Menjelang babak pertama berakhir, Sergio Ramos menambah keunggulan Real Madrid menjadi 2-1 melalui eksekusi penaltinya.
Pada babak kedua, Girona kembali menebar ancaman ke gawang Real Madrid. Hingga akhirnya pada menit ke-66, Alex Granell menambah keunggulan Girona melalui eksekusi penalti.
Namun, kedudukan 2-2 itu tidak bertahan lama karena pada menit ke-77, Ramos kembali mencetak gol sehingga kedudukan menjadi 3-2 untuk keunggulan El Real.
Menjelang laga berakhir, Karim Benzema menambah keunggulan Real Madrid menjadi 4-2 dengan memanfaatkan umpan satu dua dengan Vinicius Junior.
Hingga laga berakhir, kedudukan bertahan 4-2 untuk keunggulan Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid 4-2 Girona (Lucas Vazquez 18', Sergio Ramos 42' pen, 77', Karim Benzema 80'; Anthony Lozano 7', Alex Granell 66' pen)
Real Madrid (4-3-3): 25-Thibaut Courtois; 19-Alvaro Odriozola, 4-Sergio Ramos, 6-Nacho Fernandez, 12-Marcelo; 24-Dani Ceballos (22-Isco 70'), 14-Casemiro (18-Marcos Llorente 59'), 10-Luka Modric (8-Toni Kroos 63'); 17-Lucas Vazquez, 28-Vinicius Jr, 9-Karim Benzema
Girona (5-3-2): 1-Gorka Iraizoz Moreno; 14-Raul Garcia, 20-Marc Muniesa, 15-Juanpe, 5-Pedro Alcala (2-Bernardo Espinosa 46'), 4-Jonas Ramalho; 6-Alex Granell, 10-Borja Garcia (35-Seung-ho Paik 59'), 12-Douglas Soares; 19-Anthony Lozano (9-Portu), 22-Seydou Doumbia
Sergio Ramos admitted his famous 'Panenka' penalties may be numbered despite scoring another in Real Madrid's 4-2 win over Girona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final.
Ramos chipped another spot-kick straight down the middle towards the end of the first half before grabbing a more conventional second goal as his side seized control of the tie.
But Ramos acknowledged that his popular tactic - a tribute to Czech Antonin Panenka who first used it in the 1976 European Championship final - might soon need a re-think.
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"It's how I like to play and hopefully they will keep going in but I can't take it for granted," he said. "Keepers are staying on their feet for longer so maybe I'll have to put it to the side next time."
Ramos expressed satisfaction with his side's performance which followed their weekend win over Sevilla, but knows they were once again far from perfect after going behind to Antony Lozano's seventh minute strike.
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Ramos added: "Of course, although it is a good result this evening we would have liked not to have conceded any goals.
"But at this stage of the competition there are no easy opponents. They created a couple of chances and scored two goals. It is still open and we have to finish the job in Girona."
Real's second straight win was underpinned by another impressive performance from full-back Alvaro Odriozola, who set up Lucas Vazquez's early equaliser and proved a threat throughout.
Odriozola said that he believes the team spirit remains intact despite a problematic current campaign for Santiago Solari's side.
He said: "The work of the team has always been there, we have always given one hundred per cent and that is the secret of football.
"The quality of the players is unquestionable and with desire we are capable of everything.
"On a personal level, I am increasingly confident and more integrated into the group. With time you begin to better understand the players and with this kind of quality it is easy."
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- Girona’s tactics
- The lack of Pons, Portu, and Stuani
- Real Madrid’s transition defense
- The energy + counter-pressing in the last two games
- Vinicius’s offensive fluidity and ball retention
- The team looking a tad more versatile offensively
- An explanation for the Llorente hand-ball
- Fitting in all of Real Madrid’s young signings
- Kiyan, the sellout
- The rise of Odegaard
- Real Madrid’s short-term plan
- Eder MIlitao fit, and Jesus Vallejo ceiling
- Nacho’s poor season
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