Atlético de Madrid beat Cacereño, from the Spanish fourth division, 3-1 today as a visitor, in the second round of the King’s Cup 2024/25 with the great intervention of the Argentines Julian Alvarez and Rodrigo DePaul.
Both the forward and the midfielder scored goals and distributed assists to avoid what would have been a humiliating defeat for the team led by Diego Simeone.
“Los Colchoneros” went into the break 1-0 down on the scoreboard thanks to Álvaro García Merencio’s goal in the 30th minute, and the locals were very close to taking the win.
However, Clement Lenglet equalized the match, with seven minutes remaining, after a precise cross from the former Racing team at the head of the defender.
When it seemed that the duel would go to extra time, the “Spider” enabled De Paul himself and he took a low shot that, with a bit of luck due to a deflection off a rival defender, the ball entered the back of the net.
Three minutes later, with Cacereño attacking in search of equality, Atlético de Madrid took advantage of the counterattack from the Argentine midfielder who assisted the former Manchester City inside the area to seal the match.
In this way, the red-and-white team advanced to the round of 32 of the competition and awaits its next rival, who will be known in the draw for that instance.
Others of the albicelestes who participated in the Copa del Rey duel were the goalkeeper Juan Musso and the forward Angel Correa (both owners).
Finally, “Cholo” Simeone saw the red card for “kicking a bottle of water towards the area where the fourth referee and assistant referee number 1 are located, passing a few centimeters from both and without hitting any of them.” arbitration components”, according to the minutes published by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
Source: Ambito
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