Atlético Madrid beat Sevilla 1-0 this Thursday and advanced to the semi-final of the Copa del Rey thanks to a great personal play by the admitted Angel Correa, who assisted the Dutchman Memphis Depay inside the area and sentenced the fate of the Andalusian team, which He had Lucas Ocampos at the start and the arrivals of Marcos Acuña and Erik Lamela.
Before football, mourning. Two Sevilla fans, father and son, heading to Madrid for the match, and a truck driver died in the multiple accident on the A-4. There were black armbands and a heartfelt minute of silence in the Metropolitano.
The success of Diego Simeone’s team, which started with Rodrigo De Paul and Nahuel Molina, was a reward for persistence. Also a relief, especially after what happened before half an hour, when Aleti found themselves with a penalty: Molina connected with Griezmann, whose return invited Marcao to stretch his leg, who did not touch the ball, but did. He knocked down the Argentine side.
The Frenchman Griezmann positioned himself to take the maximum penalty with his left foot, and slipped. The shot went three meters over the crossbar. Things that don’t happen very often, although he was the top scorer of all time for Atlético Madrid.
The truth was that it practically didn’t happen in the first 45 minutes. And a different match in the complement, with Sevilla further behind. The place seemed to wake up with a bicycle kick from Griezmann and an appearance from Lino.
The visitor no longer crossed his midfield and a volley from Griezmann went into the net, but there was an offside. Marcao’s response in the other area was a weak shot into the hands of goalkeeper Oblak.
“Cholo” Simeone dispensed with Griezmann and Morata; Correa and Depay entered, whose goal was disallowed in his first intervention, also for offside.
The second opportunity was 1-0 for Atlético Madrid, ten minutes later. Correa, with that brilliant daring at times, got around Marcao inside the area to serve the Dutchman’s goal. Perhaps it was the last service of the former San Lorenzo, if Saudi Arabia is going to play.
There was controversy at the end over a penalty first awarded to Sevilla and then not validated by the VAR. The truth is that Colchonero passed, and this Friday they will meet their rival in the semifinals, who will come from Real Sociedad, Athlétic Bilbao or Mallorca.
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