In the Spanish "civil war" of the semifinals of the tournament, the "Rochiblancos" not only prevailed over "Sanchez Pithjuan" with 4-2 in the first match, but also "defeated" "Mestagia" in the replay, taking the victory with 0-1, thanks to Adrian's goal in the 60 ′!
The finalist and the… voula, Atletico, was fighting with ten players from 79., Due to the dismissal of Thiago, who will not be present in the last and most important battle of the final.
For Valencia, the exclusion was more than fair, as the "bats" did not live up to the circumstances, although under other circumstances they could have gotten the ticket to the final.
On the other hand, Athletic Bilbao "sweated" more, but in the end got the qualification, against the hard-working Sporting Lisbon.
The 2-1 of the first match in Portugal, left everything "fluid" for the replay of "San Mames", however Bilbao showed character, and shortly before the final managed to leave with the ticket in his pocket.
The man-goal for the Basques, Giorente, with a great effort in 88 ′ made it 3-1, to give his team a great victory-qualification, and to send it to the Spanish "civil" against Atletico Madrid .
Valencia-Atletico Madrid 0-1
With Valencia chasing the reversal for the 4-2 loss to Sanchez Pithuan, and Atletico knowing that the qualification has not been "locked" despite the score of the first semifinal, the two teams faced each other in a match that acquired a procedural character. towards the end of it.
The "bats" chased the advantage of both goals, but without success after falling on a "solid" Atletico, which found solutions in the attack, in contrast to Valencia, which had against it the worst enemy of any team in football. The timer.
In the 60th minute of the match, the hopes of the "bats" were about to end as Adrian sent the ball into the net, giving the "Rochiblancos" a huge "breath" since the qualification now seemed very close.
In the 79th minute, the visitors were left with ten players due to the dismissal of Thiago, but it was too late for Valencia to chase three goals in 10 minutes, in order to "seal" the ticket to the final.
Bilbao - Sporting 3-1
Bilbao scored the quick goal they wanted, as in the 17th minute Susaeta opened the scoring, but from a phase that started with a foul by Ander Herrera (elbow).
Bilbao managed to quickly open the scoring with Susaeta in the 17th minute. The scorer of Athletic received the assist of Muniain who took the ball from Herrera and opened the score with a shot.
The Portuguese had the opportunity to bring the match to a close when Capel found Pereirinias on the second post, but the former ace of Kavala sent the ball over the crossbar.
In the 42nd minute, Patricio said "no" to Giorente's very good shot and two minutes later Ricky van Wolfswinkel equalized for Sporting at 1-1.
The joy of the guests, however, did not last long with Ibai Gomez making it 2-1 with a close place, from an amazing pass by Fernando Giorente in the 1st minute of the delays.
Giorente and final
In the replay, the hosts came in… furious to go to the final, but their efforts found either a crossbar, a shot by Martinez or a gap.
However, Insua also had a goal in his very strong shot in 55 '. But Giorente is not giving away. In the 88th minute, due to an excellent effort by Ibay Gomez, he made the projection with the ball hitting the crossbar first and then ending up in the opponents' nets. Thus, Bilmao will face Atletico in the final of Romania!
Source: woop.gr