Atlético M avenged Real M's loss in the Spanish Super Cup semi-finals and kicked them out of the Copa del Rey tournament. "Dushekchii" won 4:2 against "Civitas Metropolitano". And this match, like the meeting in Riyadh last week, went to extra time. Regular time ended 2:2. Thus, Diego Simeone's selection found a place in the top eight of the tournament, while Real will focus on La Liga and the Champions League. The remaining teams that progress to the quarter-finals are Barcelona, Mallorca, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Celta, Athletic Bilbao and Girona. They will also broadcast the new winner of the King's Cup, after the "mattresses" dethroned the current one.
Atlético took the lead in the 39th minute. A pass in behind the defense was played poorly by Rüdiger, who in his attempt to clear with a header presented the ball to Samuel Lino and the Brazilian deflected it into the goal. Just before the end of the half, Jan Oblak made an uncharacteristic blunder and gifted an equalizer to Real. The keeper came out to box a cross from Modric's foul but deflected the ball into his own net to score an own goal.
After the break, it was the turn of the "kings" to make a big mistake. In the 57th minute, Kamavinga deflected a ball towards his own goal, Andrii Lunin deflected it into Rüdiger's leg and Alvaro Morata could not make a mistake in an empty net for 2:1.
In the 80th minute, Marcos Llorente missed a great chance to score a third goal for Atlético and seconds later his team were penalised. Bellingham crossed from the left and the incoming Joselu restored parity with a header. This goal sent the match into extra time and in them Atlético took the lead once again. In the hundredth minute, Vinicius lost a ball, Antoine Griezmann overcame him on the right flank and shot Lunin from a very small angle for 3:2.
In the 119th minute, everything was decided with a counterattack, where Memphis brought Riquelme and he immediately hit the goal for 4:2.
Earlier, Barcelona took a breather after a heavy defeat by Real Madrid in the Super Cup and with a victory over Unionistas de Salamanca they managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
The third-division team allowed a turnaround and conceded 1:3 at home, although they caused concern for the Catalans, especially in the first half. However, the upper class of Barca has had its say and the pressure on Xavi and the team will at least for a while decrease.
Unionistas took the lead with a wonderful goal after half an hour when Alvaro Gomes met an aerial cross from the left. Just before half-time, Barcelona equalized after Unionistas naively allowed themselves to send too many forwards and be penalized on the counter-attack. Ferran Torres was brought behind the defense, advanced and shot perfectly into the corner for 1:1.
In the 60th minute, the Bulgarian striker of the home team, Borislav Stankov, appeared in the game. Ten minutes later, however, Barca's pressure paid off - Jules Cunde was left to set up the ball and shoot from distance to make it 2-1. Shortly after, Alejandro Balde broke through from the left and with an unsaveable shot, in which he was helped by the crossbar, decided everything. /BGNES
