Manhandled by CP Cacereno, a Spanish fourth division club, this Thursday in the Copa del Rey, Atlético de Madrid ended up turning things around (1-3).
Playing the leading roles in the League This season again, Atlético de Madrid, future opponent of PSG in the Club World Cup, scared themselves this Thursday in Caceres, in the Copa del Rey.
In a match counting for 32e in the final of the Iberian national cup, the Matelassiers were quickly surprised by their opponents from Segunda RFEF, the fourth level of Spanish football.
Trailing 1-0 after half an hour of play, the Colchoneros, deprived of an ailing Antoine Griezmann, relied on another (former) French international: Clément Lenglet. Entering the break, the latter was able to equalize in the last minutes of the game to avoid humiliation (1-1, 83e).
In the process, CP Cacereno lost its footing, first victim of the expulsion of a player for two warnings collected in the space of three minutes (85e), then crushed by Rodrigo De Paul and Julian Alvarez in added time (90e+2 et 90e+5). Cruel, but logical…
