Five shots, five goals — Riquelme's 96th-minute winner: Navalcarnero 2-3 Real Betis

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Five shots on target. Five goals. And the fifth arrived in the 96th minute of extra time, Rodrigo Riquelme's second of the night carrying Real Betis past CDA Navalcarnero, 2-3, in a Copa del Rey first-round tie at Santo Domingo that needed 120 minutes.

Betis needed five minutes. Riquelme converted Aitor Ruibal's assist for 0-1, and the visitors then owned 73% of the ball, Riquelme forcing saves in the 11th, 13th and 42nd minutes. It stayed 0-1 until the break. Navalcarnero levelled four minutes into the second half, in the same minute that Victor Rodriguez struck the post: Varo. On 79 minutes Varo set up Kensley Vázquez — introduced in the 62nd — and the substitute scored with his only attempt of the night, 2-1. The hosts, holding 27% of the ball, were suddenly in front.

Betis's answer took time. Isco, sent on for Antony in the 58th minute, fired six attempts off the bench without a goal. Rodrigo Marina made his entrance count: introduced on 76 minutes, he equalised in the second minute of added time off Ruibal's second assist, 2-2. Extra time needed six minutes to settle matters — Riquelme again at 96, his seventh attempt of the night, 2-3. Dani Ceballos had an effort blocked in the 105th, while Navalcarnero's late push saw Mario Jiménez miss in the 101st and 107th minutes and Javier Álvarez draw a block on 113.

Riquelme's numbers frame the game: seven of Betis's 29 attempts, two of them goals — the opener in the 5th minute, the winner in the 96th. Behind him: two Ruibal assists and six Isco attempts off the bench.

Twelve attempts were enough to level and lead; twenty-nine were enough, eventually, to win.