Real Madrid closed 2024 in the best possible way with a 0-2 victory to seal a place in the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Cup. A great performance by Teresa Abelleira with a goal and an assist served to overcome a feisty Villarreal who prevented the gap on the scoreboard from growing.
The defeat against Chelsea left a bitter taste in the match where Real Madrid said goodbye to its fans until next year, however, there is still a rivalry to finish 2024. Toril’s team played in Mini Estadi in the round of 16 of the Copa de la Reina with the full first team available after 1099 days and eight changes to the starting 11 to face Villarreal.
As usual when they face an opponent with a defense of 5, Real Madrid took a long time to get into the game. The visitors are looking for the pace that Eva Navarro and Athenea can provide on the wings to break down Villarreal’s system. The groguet team which, along with EDF Logroño, Sporting de Huelva and Cacereño, are the only representatives of the First Federation in this round, is confident in its battle plan to fight from the back and make the Madridistas desperate. Something that worked for half an hour and left the centers with nothing because they couldn’t find a finisher.
With the game seemingly set to be 0-0 at half-time, Teresa Abelleira found the only gap in Virginia García’s team’s defense. The current captain of the white team broke the driving lines and hit the ball over the centers to be cleared by Alba Redondo. The ’11’ with a mild Vaseline beat Montse Quesada to make it 0-1 in the 30th minute and put his name in white history with the team’s 400th goal.
A slight advantage in the tie saw Real Madrid come out with another march after the break knowing that the locals could not resist that effort for long. Toletti was the first to try from the front in the 51st minute and a few minutes later Eva Navarro found the crossbar by scoring with her right foot inside the area.
However, it was Teresa who would come out to condemn Villarreal with the second goal. After assisting the first, the Galician took advantage of a poor clearance by the Groguet goalkeeper and did not hesitate from three quarters to shoot with precision into an empty goal and score 0-2 in the 61st minute.
Without making much noise and with a two-goal advantage, Toril began to give movement to the bench so that less common players like Møller or Carla Camacho could have their minutes before the winter break. There is already a reduced rhythm in which there will be only a little timid approach of the youth player and Olga Carmona, the most noticeable thing is the change of Maëlle Lakrar due to physical discomfort, as well as the minute for the young Villarreal player who keeps fighting. not to give more techniques until the referee signals the end of the match.
Thus, the white team will advance to the quarterfinals and finish 2024 where they played 43 games with records of 31 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses; 104 goals for and 43 matches. The next event is on the eve of Three Kings Day with a great Madrid derby against Atlético de Madrid.
Source: La Verdad
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