tier Mirandes came from a goal down to snatch a shock 2-1 win over top-flight side Espanyol in their King's Cup quarterfinal second leg Tuesday that sent them through to the last four on the away goals rule. The 4-4 aggregate result, coming after last week's first leg in Barcelona finished 3-2, set up a semifinal against Athletic Bilbao or Real Mallorca. Cardiff in final Second tier Cardiff City beat 10-man Championship rivals Crystal Palace 3-1 on penalties Tuesday to secure a dream League Cup final date at Wembley with Manchester City or Liverpool. Palace had won their home leg 1-0 thanks to an Anthony Gardner goal and it was the defender who leveled the score on aggregate with a headed own-goal after just seven minutes at the City stadium. The visitors were reduced to 10 men when captain Patrick McCarthy was sent off for a second yellow with 13 minutes remaining. Extra time failed to break the deadlock and the game went to penalties.Cardiff will meet the winner between Manchester City and Liverpool. Juve in Cup semifinals A stunning strike by veteran Alessandro Del Piero helped Juventus to a 3-0 win over 10-man Roma Tuesday which put the Serie A leader into the Italian Cup semifinals. Juventus took an early lead through Emanuele Giaccherini before Del Piero doubled his side's advantage. Roma's miserable night was complete when defender Simon Kjaer fired into his own net in the final minute. Juve, which is unbeaten this campaign, will meet AC Milan or Lazio in the next round. Tevez fine hits $14m Manchester City's chairman has criticized AC Milan over its pursuit of Carlos Tevez, whose ongoing insubordination has now cost the striker nine million pounds ($14 million) in fines from the club. Milan, crosstown rival Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain have been in transfer talks over Tevez, but City chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak said Tuesday he is dissatisfied with the lack of “appropriate” offers.
