Previous Arenteiro seeks another miracle in its stadium against Atlético: "There are reasons to, at least, dream"
Atlético had no room for another setback and responded, not without difficulties
, to show that they want to
continue this Cup alive
and salvage a very poor season so far.
Simeone's team took a very hard-fought victory against an opponent who, despite the difference in potential, did not hand over the spoon until well into the second half.
In the initial stages, Arenteiro showed that impetus that only gives you the illusion of achieving a feat of the caliber of eliminating a First Division team.
Atlético, who saw the wolf's ears, stopped speculating.
Youth player
Pablo Barrios
stole in midfield and filtered a good ball for
Lemar
, although his low shot went slightly wide.
But not even such a warning from a world champion discouraged the Galicians, who continued to try faithful to his style and spurred on by a
packed Espiñedo Municipal Stadium.
It was Atlético who tested the rival goalkeeper first.
Twice, first Koke and then Morata.
But neither of them worried Diego García.
The game took an unexpected turn when, due to apparent protests to the fourth official,
the Arenteiro coach saw a direct red card
.
He gave the same.
The Galicians remained faithful to his plan
, pressing the rojiblancos out of the ball
and warning twice
.
The first, after an incomprehensible loss by Savic that
Antón Escobar
almost sent to the back of the goal.
The second, after another steal, but
Markitos
's shot was too soft.
To the third, the Arenteiro did not forgive.
Markitos
himself
controlled inside the area due to the passivity of the defense and chipped the ball over Oblak to score the first.
The party in O Carballiño did not last long, as
three minutes later
, just at minute 45,
the referee awarded a penalty from Pol Bueso to Giménez
from a corner.
Carrasco did not fail
this time and managed to equalize before the break.
HEROES AND VILLAINS
At the restart, Atlético came out with a little more confidence, the result of the tie and the physical exhaustion of Arenteiro in the first half.
And that assurance paid off.
Carrasco caused another penalty that he inexplicably did not shoot
.
The change of pitcher did not go well and Diego García stopped a horrible pitch to Morata, who embittered the night with several decisive interventions.
If the first penalty did not sit well with Espiñedo, the second turned González Fuertes into a sworn enemy of the stands
.
Precisely
Diego García, who was being the local hero after several saves
, was not lucky in the play of the second goal.
A
shot by Pablo Barrio
, without apparent danger, surprised the Galician goalkeeper.
A well-deserved award for the rojiblanco youth squad,
the best of the visitors along with Carrasco
, who was precisely the one who
settled the game and made it 1-3
after minute 90, finishing off a counterattack with Arenteiro turned to attack.
The Galician team tried until the end
, looking for Oblak's goal and making their team enjoy themselves.
Atlético
, without the Champions League, without the Europa League and at a considerable distance in the League,
had plenty of reasons to take this victory and hold on to the Copa del Rey
, their only real chance of lifting a title this season.
And he ended up getting it.
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