Real Madrid will lead a 1-0 lead into the second leg of your Copa del Rey semi-final with Real Sociedad with the kind permission of your teen-wonders Endrick.
The 18-year-old Brazilian met in the 19th minute to give Los Blancos a slim advantage in the second leg in the Bernabeu on April 1st.
But they did this without the services of in the form of Kylian Mbappe after the Frenchman had suffered pain overnight after removing a tooth.
Carlo Ancelotti had initially confirmed that Mbappe would fight for the game despite the lack of training due to the procedure, but he was then left out of the squad before the kick -off.
Thibaut Courtois and Fede Valverde were also missing, but it is believed that they were both rested.
🏁 @Realocieedio 0-1 @Realmadrid
⚽ 19 ‘ @Endrick
👉 @Emirates pic.twitter.com/ncc96vre0m– Real Madrid CF 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@Realmadriden) February 26, 2025
In the other semi-final on Tuesday, Barcelona played an exciting 4: 4 draw with Real’s City Rivals Atletico.
Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann gave Atletico after just six minutes in the Lluis Company’s Olympic Stadium, but Barcelona returned with goals from Pedri, Pau Curbasi and Inigo Martinez before the break.
Robert Lewandowski then added a fourth with 15 minutes, but it was the turn of Diego Simeone’s men to resist when Marcus Llorente and Alexander Sorloth were late that the tie would go into the second leg.
Elsewhere on the continent, Rangers overcame an early fear of defeating Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership.
Joe Wright and Brad Lyons gave a lead of two goals with two goals after just a quarter of an hour. But all the potential blushing of the visitors were spared when Vaclav Cerny, Nedim Bajrani and a Cyriel -Desser -Dessers turned the game in favor of Rangers.
Full -time against Kilmarnock.
💙 A double from Cyriel Desser and gates from Václav Černý and Nedim Bajrami ensures a highly competitive victory in Rugby Park.
Kilmarnock 2-4 Rangers pic.twitter.com/xkawfd2evr
– Rangers Football Club (@Rangersfc) February 26, 2025
The result is held by Rangers, who this week the former player Barry Ferguson the head coach until the end of the season after the departure of Philipe Clement, 13 points behind the league leaders Celtic, who had scored 5-1 with 5: 1 on Tuesday.
Daizen Maeda scored twice, while Jota, Callum McGregor and Yang Hyun-Jun found the net to enable Brendan Rodger’s team a convincing victory.
Shayden Morris scored the goal for Aberdeen.
