Craig Burley and the “ESPN FC” crew break down Real Madrid’s tight-fought victory in stoppage time of the Copa del Rey semifinals. (2:07)\n\n\n\n

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Real Madrid\u00a0overturned a two-goal deficit against\u00a0Real Sociedad\u00a0to reach the\u00a0Copa del Rey\u00a0final after an extra-time header by substitute Antonio\u00a0R\u00fcdiger\u00a0secured a barnstorming 4-4 draw on Tuesday for a 5-4 aggregate win.\n

The visitors gave Real Madrid a scare as they grabbed the lead through\u00a0Ander Barrenetxea\u00a0in the 16th minute but a lovely dinked effort by\u00a0Endrick\u00a0levelled the score 15 minutes later.\n

Following a 1-0 win in the first-leg, Carlo Ancelotti’s side looked comfortable, with a draw securing them a place in the final.\n

But strikes by\u00a0Pablo Mar\u00edn\u00a0and\u00a0Mikel Oyarzabal, which both deflected in off\u00a0David Alaba, gave Real Sociedad a two-goal lead by the 80th minute.\n

However, Real hit right back two minutes later as\u00a0Jude Bellingham\u00a0fired home a first-time effort from close-range, with\u00a0Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni\u00a0heading the equaliser from a\u00a0Rodrygo\u00a0corner four minutes later.\n

But Alaba’s woeful night was not over yet as he failed to clear a corner and Oyarzabal was left unmarked to head the Basque side’s fourth goal three minutes into added time, taking the match to extra time.\n

Real booked their place in the final when substitute Arda Guller lifted a corner to Ruediger, who headed the equaliser that put Real Madrid through on aggregate.\n

Real Madrid, who have won the Spanish Cup only once in over a decade, will play either\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0or\u00a0Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\u00a0in a mouth-watering final in Seville next month.\n

Atl\u00e9tico fought back to hold Barca to a thrilling 4-4 draw ahead of Wednesday’s second-leg in Madrid.\n

“I don’t know how to describe how I feel,” Tchouameni told Real Madrid TV.\n

“Yes, we are happy, because we are going to play a final, but as far as the match is concerned … we can’t be happy with that.\n

“We gave everything until the end, we knew we had top players on the bench, so we would have chances, but we have to play better than we did today…”\n

Real manager Carlo Ancelotti rested star striker\u00a0Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, giving teenager\u00a0Endrick\u00a0a start up-front and the 18-year-old Brazilian almost found the net early on with a stunning bicycle kick that went just wide.\n

But it was Barrenetxea who opened the scoring with a great run in behind\u00a0Lucas V\u00e1zquez\u00a0in the 16th minute, firing a close-range shot under keeper\u00a0Andriy Lunin’s legs.\n

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Real hit back in the 30th minute when Vinicius Jr hit a brilliant long pass through the middle with the outside of his foot that Endrick took in his stride before chipping a cheeky finish over\u00a0\u00c1lex Remiro\u00a0into the back of the net.\n

Real wasted several chances to take the lead but were stunned when Marin made a great run before firing a low strike that defender Alaba deflected into his own goal.\n

Eight minutes later\u00a0Takefusa Kubo\u00a0played the ball to Oyarzabal, whose strike from inside the box again deflected off Alaba before finding the back of the net.\n

Bellingham and Tchouameni put Real back in control within four minutes but Oyarzabal’s added time header silenced the Bernabeu crowd and took the game to extra-time.\n

Yet R\u00fcdiger, who had come off the bench to replace Alaba a few minutes earlier, headed the equaliser that sent them through.\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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