February 27 2013 at 12:56am
Reuters
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo
(left) challenges Barcelona's goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto during their
Spanish King's Cup semifinal second round soccer match at Camp Nou
stadium in Barcelona on Tuesday.
Barcelona - Cristiano
Ronaldo crushed Barcelona's treble hopes with two goals in a 3-1 away
win for Real Madrid in their King's Cup semi-final second leg on Tuesday
to set up a final showdown against Atletico Madrid or Sevilla.
The Portuguese forward became the
first player to score in six straight “Clasicos” away from home when he
picked himself up after being felled by Gerard Pique in the 13th minute
and struck a powerful low penalty into the corner past Jose Manuel
Pinto.
Barca dominated possession but
rarely threatened and Ronaldo doubled the lead when he collected a
rebound from a 57th-minute Angel Di Maria effort and stroked the ball
into the net with Pinto stranded.
It was his 12th goal in 18
appearances against Barca since joining Real in 2009 and his second
double in as many games at a stunned Nou Camp.
Real rubbed salt in the wounds of
their arch-rivals when Raphael Varane, who netted the equaliser in the
1-1 draw in last month's first leg at the Bernabeu, rose above the
defence at a 68th-minute corner and sent a header arrowing into the net
off the crossbar.
Jordi Alba pulled one back in the
89th minute but it was far too late for Barca who conceded three goals
to Real at home for the first time since a 3-3 draw in March 2007. -
Reuters
copied from http://www.iol.co.za
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