This way, Atlético de Madrid He took revenge for the 5-3 defeat that Real gave him in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup. But, in addition, “Cholo” can say that so far in the 2023-2024 season his team is the only one that has beaten Real Madrid twice.
Real Madrid was superior in the first half and turned the Slovenian goalkeeper into a figure Jan Oblakwhich frustrated the intentions of the English Jude Bellingham and the brazilians Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo to violate his bow.
Finally, Simeone’s posture of waiting and striking at the right moment had its reward in the 38th minute when the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann and the Argentine Rodrigo DePaul They kept the ball outside the rival area until the former Racing player launched a cross that the German Antonio Rudiger He wanted to clear, but he headed back where the Brazilian midfielder Samuel Lino appeared, defining very well in the air and giving the “Colchoneros” the goal.
a few minutes later Luka modric He took a free kick from the left edge of the rival area, threw it to the penalty spot, Oblak came out, collided with his teammates and hit the ball with his hand and ended up putting it into his own fence, to give the “Merengues” the tie. .
In the second half, the “Colchoneros” players put together a good play on the right of their attack, but the French Camavinga interrupted the pass, the ball went to the penalty spot where Rudiger and the Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin They didn’t speak, the ball bounced off both of them and Alvaro Morata He captured it and sent it to the back of the net, to give the home team some distance again.
Given this panorama, Carlo Ancelotti sent the German to the field Toni Kroos and the short skillful Brahim Diazwho put together a phenomenal play with Rodrygo who ended up crashing his shot into the crossbar.
Lunin He vindicated himself with two covers against Morata and Llorente that would have sealed the result in favor of the Colchoneros. But Ancelotti He was right again with a change by removing Rodrygo and send to Joselu.
Vinicius Junior and Bellingham They put together a formidable wall inside the mattress area and the Englishman threw a precise cross that the former Espanyol sent a header into the back of the net, to give the “Merengues” a 2-2 lead and silence the Metropolitano.
When the game went into extra time, Vinicius defined as taco, tapo Oblak, but the ball fell on the penalty spot, the defenders wanted to burst, but there was a rebound Joselu and he almost got in.
In the first minutes of the extension, Griezmann He showed why he is Atlético’s franchise player when he stole a ball from Vincius and went down the right side like an old wing, he took the Brazilian out for a walk and entering parallel to the final line, when Lunin came out, he shot him by hitting him high and the Ukrainian had to run his head so that the ball did not hit him and thus put the game 3 to 2 in favor of his team.
Griezmann He received a well-deserved ovation from the local public, since for a couple of games he has been the top scorer in Atlético’s history and continues to increase that number.
In the second half of the extension, Atlético de Madrid I’m left with three deep with the Frenchman Aurélien Tchouaméni and Rudiger of centrals, and Fran Garcia on the left, since Carvajal settled in the rival field as a winger.
Meanwhile, Simeone took out From Paula great game and sent the Dutchman to the field Memphis Depay and to the side César Azpilicuetato which the Argentine joined Nahuel Molina that there was entry in the second stage of regulation time.
When the second extra time was closing, Griezmann he returned a cue ball to the Argentine Nahuel Molina that he faced like a striker, he served it to Depay who waited for the arrival of Rodrigo Riquelmewho faced a defenseless Lunin who had been left almost alone, shot him to set the fourth and unleash the uproar of the “Cholo” and the “colchonero” public.
Earlier, in the city of Salamanca, Barcelona advanced to the stage by defeating the local Unionistas, which plays in the Third Division of Spanish football, by 3 to 1.
In the first half, the locals had to mistreat “Barsa”, since they opened the scoring with a goal from midfielder Álvaro Gómez and only in the last minute of the stage, Ferrán Torres equalized the match for the “blaugranas”.
In the second half, Xavi Hernández sent scorer Robert Lewandowski and German midfielder Ilkay Gündogan onto the field, as well as full-backs Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde.
It was precisely Koundé and Balde who, with two very well-made goals, ended up making the result 3 to 1 for Barcelona.
Unionistas is one of the two clubs that emerged from the ashes of the historic Salamanca, which disappeared devoured by debt in 2013. More than 20 Argentine players such as Jorge D’alessandro, Ricardo Rezza, José Lanao, Diego Latorre, Hermes Desio, Gustavo Siviero, Walter Silvani, Martín Cardetti, Gustavo Lombardi, Ricardo Lunari, Cristian Díaz, Carlos Fenoy and Brian Sarmiento, among others.
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