MADRID: Real Betis knocked last year’s Copa del Rey finalists Real Sociedad out with a 3-1 win thanks to two extra-time goals from Borja Iglesias in their last 16 clash on Tuesday after both sides had a man sent off.

Betis striker Iglesias scored in either half during the extra period to send the home side into the quarter-finals, after Sergio Canales’ 79th-minute equaliser cancelled out Sociedad forward Mikel Oyarzabal’s early opener in a match played under heavy fog in Seville.

Iglesias netted with a left-footed shot from close range six minutes into extra time and then sealed the victory with a header in the 111th minute of the game.

Sociedad took the lead in the 13th courtesy Oyarzabal after a breakaway but were reduced to 10 men just after the interval following the dismissal of Asier Illarramendi. Antonio Sanabria was then sent off for Betis shortly before Canales equalised with a low shot from outside the area.

Sociedad’s Adnan Januzaj looked to have scored a late goal in extra time which would have set up an interesting finale but the effort was ruled out for offside after a VAR review.

The Basque side could still lift the Copa del Rey, however, as they play last year’s rescheduled final against Athletic Bilbao in April after the match was postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Yeremi Pino scored a 19th-minute winner as Villarreal beat second-division Girona 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals for the second straight season.

Levante won 4-2 at Valladolid in a game between two top-tier teams.

Toni Villa in the 13th and Shon Weismann in the 65th scored for the hosts. Levante got on the board with goals from Enis Bardhi in the 23rd, Mickael Malsa in the 45th, Coke Andujar in the 59th and Jose Luis Morales in the 80th.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2021