Madrid have 3 sent off in testy end to Copa final

SEVILLE, Spain -- Jude Bellingham, Antonio Rüdiger and Lucas Vázquez were each shown reddish cards successful the melodramatic closing stages of Real Madrid's 3-2 extra-time defeat to Barcelona successful the Copa del Rey last connected Saturday.

Madrid fought backmost aft going down to Pedri's first-half strike, with a Kylian Mbappé escaped footwear and an Aurélien Tchouaméni header putting them successful front, earlier Barça's Ferran Torres levelled to unit other time.

Jules Koundé scored the winning extremity successful the 116th minute, and then, arsenic Madrid desperately pushed for an equaliser, Rüdiger and Vázquez -- who had some already been substituted -- were some dismissed.

The Germany planetary was sent disconnected for protesting the determination by referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea to grant a foul against Mbappé successful the game's past seconds, denying Madrid 1 past accidental to motorboat an attack.

Rüdiger threw an entity onto the transportation from the bench, and past had to beryllium repeatedly held backmost by a fig of teammates and unit aft being shown the reddish card.

Vázquez was besides dismissed for disputing the referee's decisions, and entering the tract of play.

The referee's study aboriginal confirmed that aft the game, Bellingham had been sent disconnected for "approaching the referee with an assertive attitude, and having to beryllium restrained by his teammates."

"I don't cognize what happened, we'll person to see," manager Carlo Ancelotti said successful his post-match quality conference. "I tin conscionable accidental Rüdiger played a fantastic game. He kept going arsenic agelong arsenic helium could [before being substituted]. He was bushed and couldn't bash immoderate more, truthful I tin lone accidental I admit the effort helium enactment in."

Ancelotti said Mbappé had started connected the seat for Madrid -- being introduced astatine half-time - due to the fact that helium hadn't afloat recovered his fittingness aft suffering a sprained ankle successful the Champions League decision to Arsenal 10 days earlier.

"Mbappé wasn't capable to play 90 minutes, truthful I preferred to enactment him connected successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile the bushed had dropped a bit," Ancelotti said. "He played precise well."

Madrid's nonaccomplishment is the 3rd clip they person been beaten by Barcelona this season, aft falling 4-0 successful LaLiga, and 5-2 successful the Spanish Supercopa.

They inactive person a accidental of winning the league title, presently sitting 4 points down Barça, with 5 games near to play, including different Clásico connected May 11.