A goal from Griezmann in the 15th minute gives the Colchoneros the pass in a match very controlled by the rojiblancos
Atlético de Madrid won 0-1 against Marbella FC in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. The mattress team was very serious in the first half and managed to lead at halftime, although they had opportunities to increase their lead. Atlético de Madrid were able to keep Marbella perfectly in the second half
Atlético de Madrid pulled out all the stops in this match. It only took him a minute to create the first dangerous situation with a ball from De Paul which found Gallagher perfectly behind the Marbella defence, but they and Dani Martín were attentive and stopped the chance perfectly. Then Atlético de Madrid slowed down a bit, but continued to dominate and generate dangerous situations. Despite this, Marbella also started to get into the game and hover around the mattress area thanks to Ohemeng. In the 16th minute, a deep pass from De Paul found Giuliano, who brutally headed Griezmann, who returned the ball. Giuliano entered the box and finished crosswise. Dani Martín stopped the shot, but Griezmann was careful to grab the rebound and send the ball into the cage, scoring the first goal of the match. The game remained similar for a few minutes, but little by little Atlético de Madrid radically slowed down the pace. The game has fallen asleep a bit. Then Atlético Madrid started to find many spaces behind Marbella. In the 28th minute, Griezmann received a ball on the right side of the area and gave the deadly pass to Julián Álvarez, who was unable to finish. In the 30th minute, Gallagher fired a powerful shot into the side net. A few minutes later, Atlético de Madrid launched a counterattack and Julián Álvarez entered the area, he was slow in passing, but he managed to make 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, repeated play from a free kick taken by Callejón left Puñal alone against Musso, but the Argentinian did very well to close the space to the Marbella number 10 and eliminate the chance. Likewise, the play was called off for offside. From there, Marbella grows and generates a constant sense of danger until the break. In the 46th minute, Javi Galán cleared Callejón’s cross from the corner.
Griezmann drives the ball. Source Atlético de Madrid
Before starting the second half, Simeone brought on Koke in place of Barrios, who had suffered a knock to the ankle.
The second half began with a more withdrawn Atlético de Madrid ceding domination to Marbella, who failed to generate the slightest danger. In the 50th minute, de Paul stole the ball forward and beat Dani Martín, but the goal was not scored due to clear hand control from the Argentine. In the 58th minute, de Paul fired in from close range from outside the box and was equalized by a superb 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 on Sorloth in place of Julián Álvarez. In the 63rd minute, Gallagher’s shot hit the post. Atlético 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 on the field in place of Javier Duarte and Alberto Soto. Four minutes later, it was Simeone who made a change by removing Paul and Gallagher in place of 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 counter-attack resulted in a shot from Sorloth which was saved by the defense. A minute later, Correa stole a ball from 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 added time, Muñiz Ruiz declared the end of the match.
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