Atlético de Madrid goes to the round of 16

Atlético de Madrid won 0-1 against Marbella FC in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey. The Colchonero team was very serious in the first half and managed to lead at half-time, although they had opportunities to increase the lead. Atlético de Madrid knew how to keep Marbella perfectly in the second half

Atlético de Madrid went all out in the match. He only needed one minute to create the first dangerous situation with a ball from de Paul that perfectly found Gallagher behind the Marbella defense, but they and Dani Martín were attentive and perfectly stopped the chance. Then Atlético de Madrid slowed down a little, but continued to dominate and generate dangerous situations. Even so, Marbella also began to enter the game and hover around the mattress area thanks to Ohemeng. In the 16th minute, a deep pass from De Paul found Giuliano, who rudely headed Griezmann, who returned the ball to him. Giuliano got into the area and finished crosswise. Dani Martín stopped the shot, but Griezmann was attentive to catch the rebound and send the ball into the cage, thus scoring the first goal of the game. The game remained similar for a few minutes, but little by little Atlético de Madrid radically slowed down the pace. The game fell asleep a little. Then Atlético de Madrid began to find many spaces behind the Marbella team. In the 28th minute, Griezmann received a ball on the right side of the area and gave the death pass to Julián Álvarez, who failed to finish. In the 30th minute, Gallagher fired a powerful shot into the side netting. A couple of minutes later Atlético de Madrid went on the counterattack and Julián Álvarez got into the area, he was slow in passing, but he managed to give a good pass to de Paul, who arrived at the far post, but he was so slow and he let the Marbella defense position themselves to stop the shot. In the 40th minute, a rehearsed play on a free kick taken by Callejón left Puñal alone against Musso, but the Argentine came out very well to reduce the space to Marbella's 10 and eliminate the chance. Likewise, the play was annulled due to offside. From here on, Marbella grew and generated a feeling of constant danger until the break. In the 46th minute, Javi Galán cleared Callejón's cross from the corner.

Griezmann driving the ball. Source Atlético de Madrid

Before starting the second half, Simeone brought in Koke for Barrios, who suffered a blow to his ankle.

The second half began with a more withdrawn Atlético de Madrid that ceded dominance to Marbella, who failed to generate even the slightest bit of danger. In the 50th minute, de Paul stole the ball from the front and beat Dani Martín, but the goal was not scored due to clear control with the Argentine's hand. In the 58th minute, de Paul shot from point-blank range from outside the area and was matched by a great save from Dani Martín. The rebound from the goalkeeper on loan from Levante bounced off Griezmann, who was in the small area, but returned to the hands of Dani Martín. In the 60th minute, Simeone moved the bench and brought Sorloth on for Julián Álvarez. In the 63rd minute, Gallagher's shot hit the post. Atlético de Madrid once again took control of the match during this time and canceled out Marbella. In the 71st minute, Fran Beltrán looked for a reaction and made a double substitution, introducing Edwards and Marcos Peña into the field for Javier Duarte and Alberto Soto. Four minutes later it was Simeone who made a change, removing de Paul and Gallagher for Correa and Marcos Llorente. In the 84th minute, Sorloth led a counterattack and passed the ball to Correa, who wanted to do it beautifully and ended up getting tangled and throwing the ball wide. In the 91st minute, a counterattack ended with a Sorloth shot that was rejected by the defense. A minute later, Correa stole a ball on the side of the box and drove into the six-yard box before passing the ball to Sorloth who crossed the ball too far and went wide. After almost 4 minutes of stoppage time, Muñiz Ruiz declared the end of the game.