In its expansionist desire, Marbella travels to play the Copa del Rey in Malaga and the bet is out of the ordinary. La Rosaleda, a first-class stadium, is full to receive the team in the best shape in the League, 13 consecutive victories for Atlético, who had a hundred chances and only scored one, Griezmann’s, which propels them to the round of 16. Appears Madrid team without its genuine spirit, Cholo Simeone, sanctioned after his expulsion against Cacereño in the previous round. The mood of the team does not change, although the meditative calm of Nelson Vivas, his second, is strange, which has nothing to do with the overflowing energy of the man always dressed in black. Simeone is not there and the cameras are not looking for Nelson Vivas, who shows a patient and studious attitude, nothing to do with the turmoil that Cholo applies to his players in each game. Atlético appears in Malaga without a concession. The Argentine goalkeeper Musso replaced Oblak due to that old assertion that grants the Cup to the substitutes and Nahuel Molina, who has taken over from Marcos Llorente, in the lineup. The competition that Simeone likes. Marbella shows a certain tone and some estimable manners, but commits suicide in two facets of the game. When he collides in the hand-to-hand dispute with the Atlético players and when he stretches the offside line almost to the center of the field. Atlético rubs his hands because he has an open field to run and do damage on the sides, where Giuliano especially and Javi Galán on the other side penetrate like a knife through butter. In that simple formula of launching counterattacks, Marbella suffers the attacks of the rival, who accumulates six clear chances in the first half. Atina very early, in a textbook counterattack with a shot from Giuliano and rejects Griezmann’s net, a shot that He brings serenity to Simeone’s troops to face the tie without the shocks of Vic or Cáceres. Marbella, a Primera RFEF team, does not create danger because it does not arrive, it does not have the physical strength to overcome the pressure of the red and white team crouched in its field. Atlético links chances without stopping, but misses when it lands in the area. Either he fails in the shot or he is not fine in his vision of the game and the last pass. Artificial intelligence cannot yet measure the influence of a coach with his verve and vigor on his players. And it seems that Atlético’s players are falling asleep in the Marbella area and can’t find a spark to make them react. Simeone is missing from the band with his screams and the fuss that incites victory. De Paul is the protagonist of the duel, a fantastic month for the Argentine. Combine, assist and finish. He gets good shooting options and a goal that is disallowed due to handball driving. Without VAR everything is up in the air, the staff has become accustomed to video refereeing and now the referee’s only decision seems strange. Marbella regroups for a few minutes thanks to the experience of Callejón, who gets oil on the right wing. Koke has left and Atlético is beginning to lack depth. It is inconceivable that he did not score the second, another great shot by Rodrigo de Paul, Gallagher shot the post… Giuliano still has lungs left to continue running, always vertical, incisive, his contribution to Atlético is important. The picture is much superior Madrid, but he does not close the game, he is upset because the second goal does not arrive, the chances follow one another, Correa misses a clamorous one, he lives in the Marbella area and Musso does not intervene. Sorloth also botches it before the end. It is Atlético’s life, attached to suffering.
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