Man City, Real Madrid and Inter advance in Cup games

Thursday, 30 January 2020 09:19

Manchester City will return to Wembley in March to defend the League Cup against Aston Villa.

Pep Guardiola’s men progressed to the final 3-2 on aggregate despite losing the second leg of their semi-final clash with Manchester United 1-0.

Elsewhere, Inter Milan beat Fiorentina 2-1 to set up an Italian Cup semi-final meeting with Napoli, while Real Madrid thrashed Real Zaragoza 4-0 to reach the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

There was also a win for Paris St Germain, who progressed to the French Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable 2-0 win at third-tier Pau.

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