Originally posted by Wikinews. Wikinews content appears under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license except where specified. As these articles are static snapshots of news items that may be later updated, they may not represent the latest or final revision of that article, and posted information may be only preliminary. Real Madrid defeats Celta Vigo 4-0 in Copa del Rey octofinals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 12, 2013 Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_defeats_Celta_Vigo_4-0_in_Copa_del_Rey_octofinals Madrid, Spain -- On Wednesday night, Spanish La Liga football team Real Madrid defeated Celta Vigo 4 -- 0 in Copa del Rey octofinals in a return match played at at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid.<!-- The last part of this is verifiable to a degree by the pictures and because I was there. I got commentary on the history of the match by another Wikimedian.!--> Real Madrid lost the first leg of the round at an away match against Celta Vigo 1 -- 2 and needed to win this game by a score of 1 -- 0 to advance. Their 4 -- 0 victory gave them an aggregate score of 5 -- 2 which allowed them to advance in Copa del Rey. They were led in scoring by Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo who scored a , with goals in the second, twenty-fourth, and eighty-seventh minutes. Ronaldo had been a heavy favourite to win FIFA's Ballon d'Or earlier in the week but was beaten by fellow La Liga rival Lionel Messi, who Real Madrid fans booed during the game. <!-- "Ronaldo sees Madrid through" is the article/source eluding to this. During the game, the crowd actually took the piss out of Messi as a form of expressing their love for Ronaldo. This is also referenced in the "Madrid into Copa del Rey last 8 by beating Celta Vigo" article.!--> Ronaldo would have scored a fourth goal but the one he scored in the thirty-seventh minute was made while he was in an offsides position. Sami Khedira scored Real Madrid's fourth and final goal in the eighty-ninth minute. Real Madrid spent part of the game down a player after Sergio Ramos received his second yellow card in the seventy-third minute and was sent off the pitch. In other octofinal matches played on Wednesday, Sevilla lost to Mallorca 1 -- 2 but defeated them 6 -- 2 on aggregate to advance while Zaragoza defeated Levante 2 -- 0 to advance with a 3 -- 0 aggregate score. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | }} == Related News == * == Sources == * http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2013/01/09/sp-spain-soccer-copa-del-rey-130109.html |pub=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=January 9, 2012 }} * http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1293851/copa-del-rey:-cristiano-ronaldo-sees-real-madrid-past-celtic-vigo?cc=5739 * http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130109/cristiano-ronald-real-madrid-celta-vigo.ap/ |pub=Sports Illustrated |date=January 9, 2012 }}