With five Argentines in the starting team, Atlético de Madrid They beat Marbella 1-0 and secured their place in the round of 16 of the King’s Cup. But the team Diego Simeone, who this time could not be on the bench because he was sent off in the previous round, forgave too much in the area of an inferior rival and ended up suffering in the last minutes due to the small difference on the scoreboard, achieved at 16 minutes by the goal of French Antoine Griezmann.
It was the 13th consecutive victory of the tool, just on the day when Cholo He completed 13 years as coach of Colchonero, and thus achieved the best streak of consecutive victories in its entire history. The previous one was between August 27 and October 31, 2012, also with Simeone at the head of the team.
Juan Musso in the arch, Nahuel Molina on the right side, Giuliano Simeone y Rodrigo DePaul in midfield and Julian Alvarez (he was replaced by Alexander Sorloth 15 minutes into the second half) in attack, plus Nelson Vivas as coach and Angel Correa (entered for De Paul at 30 of the second stage) on the substitute bench.
That was the Argentine Navy that successfully faced the first challenge of the year to reach a mark top in the history of the rojiblanco club. Next Sunday (12/1), when they host Osasuna in the Spanish league, they will seek to continue writing history.
Barcelona did not want surprises
Hansi Flick’s team, with several starters, comfortably surpassed its debut in the Copa del Rey and made it to the round of 16 after beating humble Barbastro 4-0. The Polish Robert Lewandowski scored two goals and Eric García and Pablo Torre completed.
Meanwhile, the young Toni Fernández became the second youngest debutant with the Barça first team, at only 16 years, 5 months and 17 days, only behind Lamine Yamal.
In another order of things, as expected, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga rejected the authorization of Dani Olmo y Pau Victor requested by Barcelona due to non-compliance with Financial Fair Play regulations. Now the Catalan club Administrative Court of Sports (CSD).
In other results from Saturday’s Copa del Rey, Sevilla, with Gonzalo Montiel As a starter while waiting for his return to River to be resolved, he was beaten 4-1 by Almería. In addition, Athletic Bilbao, the last champion, beat Logroñes on penalties after drawing goalless in regular time, while Betis beat Huesca 1-0 and Osasuna did the same against Tenerife 2-1.
The Spanish Super Cup, far from Spain
Next Wednesday the 8th, Barcelona (second champion in the 2023-24 League) will face Athletic Bilbao (last champion of the Copa del Rey) in the first semifinal. On Thursday it will be the turn of Real Madrid (League champion) -Mallorca (Copa del Rey runner-up). Both matches, and the final on Sunday the 12th, will be played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.