Morinio was very scared at the begining of the match  

Surely, Valencia have no one to blame other than themselves for there loss.  

Jonas pulled a Sanchez there

Nice match from both, from looking at the highlights. Nothing wrong with Madrid's win though I think Valencia would have deserved a goal to keep the tie more interesting; except their finishing sucked. And Soldado wasn't even offside there

OZIL SO FAST!

Real Madrid Defence line is very weak...

Great game from Valencia, should have won if not for the brilliance of Casilias and some bad misses. Madrid on the other hand.... Terrible defensively. If they keep up this form United are going to embarrass them. If they can't keep out Valencia (good team don't get me wrong) how on earth will they deal with players like RvP, Rooney, Kagawa and Nani?

So whens the second leg of this copa del rey?

Not such a good game from Real, but it still a good result....  But Ronaldo is only a human, everybody makes mistakes....

Nicely done Benzema! A great counter attacking display by Real. Sloppy defending though. Casillas simply proves why he is amongst the best. Unlucky Ronaldo and Ozil on a roll. Essien is fantastic, don't let him go.
And Valencia have to be proud of themselves for such a brilliant display of football. Soldado still has fire in his belly. Unlucky misses though

After mourinho put casillas on the bench I think iker has started to play much more confident and secure, maybe he realised that he can't play bad multiple games in a row. Or maybe it is because he shaved his beard...

If Brazil can't produce at least 5-6 strikers better than Jonas before the next World Cup they'll be in trouble...

Big Benz has been firing on all cylinders lately. He's really stepped up to the plate, an become a clutch player in important matches in Higuain's absence. Been lovely to watch him play

I'm glad marcelo is back, hope he bounce back, i`m just happy old dog carvalho still got it in time of needs, and thank god noone managed to fk up, our defence was shaky, iker looked confident as well. I'm very impressed with essien, he looked solid. Khedira is attacking a lot these days, I like that too. Ronaldo was very sharp and lethal throughout the game but when chance came he was bit unlucky not to take advantage of em. Benzema I always like him but he was lil sloppy at times, ozil as usual amazing. I really really want di maria to be back in form as he is very crucial for us at the right flank . Modric is always improving but this was his moment to step it up as cam, but he cudnt finish neither played that last pass for goal. Hope he improves more. Anyways this wasnt the best game madrid played, but I hope win restores team confident back and players have little time to relax. Mou can avenge his 18 points by advancing to copa final and beating man utd, but key is not to lose focus. Haters be hating but we have to do our best hala madrid!

Any coach in the world who was coaching a top team and are 18 points behind the leaders would be fired by now. Look at Roberto Di Matteo he won the champions league FA cup and wasn't far behind in the league yet Chelsea let him go, the same can be said of Villas Boas, Madrid club is bigger than Mourinho and they should let him go before he continue to destroy the club, I like the Madrid team of the mid 90's and early 2000's they had way more class than this current team, I just can't enjoy this team, although I like Kaka, Higuain and Di Maria, this Madrid team just don't past for me. No wonder why Portugal can never win a world cup, its people like Mourinho, Pepe, that give football a bad name.... Valencia were dominating this game for most of the time Banega was wonderful in the middle and Saldado was rob three times...