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Cup.All crosses
Cornellà.The 'family' quarry of the 1,000 children and the dream against Atlético
The
Atletico Madrid
, untreatable in the league, was overtaken by a Cornellà that earned him a simple matter of faith.
Guillermo Romo's team believed more in their options to surprise and ended up eliminating in the second round of the Copa del Rey a rival who was very far from the best of their images.
It is true that
Simeone
gave rest to several key figures, but it is no less so that those who jumped onto the pitch were at all times unable to show their theoretical superiority.
The leader of Primera simply made a fool of himself.
Cornellà started the game with force.
And he would be able to find a reward for his intention to go for Atlético very soon.
Adrián Jiménez
was in charge of sending
Agus Medina's free-
kick to the back of the net
to put a surprising 1-0 on the scoreboard.
Jose María Giménez
, the author of the infraction, made things even more complicated for his team by injuring himself in the action and having to leave his position to
Savic
.
All, when barely ten minutes had elapsed into the duel.
Before, even, the locals protested without success a possible hand of
Ricard Sánchez
in the area that, without VAR, would remain in limbo.
Atlético, terribly uncomfortable, both due to Cornellà's attitude and to an artificial turf that its players are not used to at all, tried to recover from the blow and threaten the rival goal.
Unsuccessfully.
Not even his clearest actions managed to kiss the web.
Like, for example, a triple shot with
Correa
, on two occasions, and
Saúl
as the protagonists that would end in a corner.
Or a shot from Correa that
Ramón Juan
saved showing off, but which was already invalidated due to offside.
Or even a header from
Felipe
, after a prolongation by Savic, who just barely found his way to the goal.
Debut of San Román
Cornellà, however, also had their opportunities to beat the newcomer
San Román's goal again
.
The mattress goalkeeper, in fact, worked hard to send
Estellés's
cross shot to a corner
.
And, in the final stretch, he would see how
Pablo Fernández
smashed against his body the shot that culminated a very great play by
Guillermo Romo's team
, with the last heel pass from Agus Medina included.
The locals arrived and frequently threatened the goal of a rojiblanco team in which their figures could not find a way to shine, no matter how much they gave the occasional spark in the final stretch of the first half.
The duel did not change much in the resumption.
The occasions went from one place to another.
And, in this case, Atlético would be harmed by considering one of
Cuadra Fernández's
assistants
that
Vitolo
was offside when, in reality, he started from his half of the field.
In addition, things would get even worse with the expulsion for a double yellow of a Ricard Sánchez who could have safely saved the second.
With one less, the comeback was even more uphill for an Atlético de Madrid that was unable to capture its theoretical superiority on the pitch.
El Cholo even surprised locals and strangers by sending an
uninspired
Joao Félix
to the bank to give in to a homegrown player like
Mario Soriano
.
The young player, however, would be one of the green shoots for an Atlético in which Correa, in the final stretch of the game, looked again and again for a way to send, at least, the game to extra time.
Unsuccessfully.
His reaction, although loaded with good intentions, came too late and could not prevent the First Division leader from kneeling before a fierce Cornellà.
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