Madrid: Diego López; Essien, Sergio
Ramos, Raúl Albiol, Coentrao (Arbeloa 91'); Xabi Alonso, Khedira;
Özil, Modric (Di María 91'), Ronaldo; Benzema (Higuaín 91').
4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Courtois; Juanfran, Miranda,
Godín, Filipe Luis; Gabi, Mario Suárez; Coke (Raúl
García 113'), Diego Costa (Adrián 105'), Arda Turan (Cristian
Rodríguez 111'); Falcao. 4-2-3-1.
Goals:
1-0. 14. Ronaldo. Got above defence to head
Özil's corner wide of Courtois.
1-1. 35. Diego Costa. Picked up Falcao
pass and ran on to fire shot in off post.
1-2. 98. Miranda. Got in front of
keeper to head Koke cross in on near post.
Yellow cards: Arda Turan 37', Coentrao 53', Khedira 64', Diego Costa 68', Özil 71', Sergio Ramos 74', Ronaldo 90', Mario Suárez 100', Essien 101', Koke 105', Gabi 116', 125', Di María 119', Miranda 120' / red cards: Mourinho 75', Ronaldo 116', Gabi 125'.
Atlético Madrid are this season's Copa del Rey champions after they beat Real Madrid 1-2 in the Bernabeu stadium on Friday evening! The game got off to a lively start, Cristiano Ronaldo heading the hosts in to the lead early on from Özil's corner, but Diego Costa made it all square with ten minutes to go to the break after picking up Falcao's pass and firing in a shot which Diego López could only push on to the post before the ball entered the net.
Özil could have restored the lead when he fired a shot against the foot of the upright shortly before the interval, but soon after the restart Filipe Luis and Miranda both came up against the home keeper. After that though Madrid were in control, Courtois saving from Özil, and Benzema and Ronaldo both hitting the post again, with Juanfran clearing Özil's follow up off the line.
Mourinho was sent off for protesting with a quarter of an hour to go, but the game went in to extra time, with the locals making three substitutions at once to try and turn things around. A few minutes later however Miranda got on the end of Koke's cross to head the ball in to the net, and Courtois pulled off first class saves against Higuaín and Özil to keep Atleti in front.
With tempers fraying, Ronaldo was sent off for kicking out at Gabi, and the Atlético captain was sent off himself as well for a second bookable offence. But the final whistle went seconds later to give the boys in red and white their first win against the old enemy in fourteen years and twenty four games. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but that's a long time to wait!