Spain Copa del Rey: Real Madrid 3-1 Atletico Madrid

Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior’s extra-time strikes earned Real Madrid a 3-1 win over rivals Atletico Madrid on Thursday to reach the Copa del Rey semifinals.

Iran PressEurope: Atletico took the lead with Alvaro Morata scoring from close range following Nahuel Molina's low cross.

Real were 11 minutes from going out but equalized when Rodrygo beat three players and scored a wonderful goal.

Atletico's Stefan Savic was sent off for two bookable offenses before Karim Benzema put Real ahead in the 104th minute with Vinicius Jr adding a third.

Benzema steered a low shot past Jan Oblak after the visitors had failed to deal with Marco Asensio's low cross and Vinicius Jr sealed the victory as he passed the ball into the bottom corner after a fine run.

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