Antoine Griezmann shined at the right time to help Atletico Madrid win convincingly against Real Madrid after 120 minutes.
Los Blancos are playing well at the moment with 18 wins and 3 draws in the last 21 matches. Real just defeated Atletico Madrid 5-3 in the semi-finals of the Spanish Suρer Cup taking place in Saudi Arabia. However, Atletico returning to home field is a big difference.
Atletico clearly has an advantage when hosting Real Madrid in the 1/8 round of the Spanish King’s Cup. Despite losing 3, drawing 1 and winning only 2 in the last 6 matches, coach Diego Simeone and his team are too dangerous when playing at Metropolitano.
They are unbeaten in the last 24 matches in all competitions. None other than Real was Atletico’s victim with a 1-3 defeat in the first leg of La Liga this season.
That was proven when Real really encountered difficulties in this King’s Cup rematch.
The home team continuously took the lead in both halves thanks to goals from Samuel Lino and Alvaro Morata.
It was quite unfortunate for Atletico when Jan Oblak scored an own goal and Joselu’s goal caused them to equalize 2-2, forcing the match to go to extra time.
That’s when Antoine Griezmann’s class spoke up. In the 100th minute, he had a solo that couldn’t have been more perfect.
With the ball on the right wing, the French striker used speed and technique to overcome the pursuit of Real players.
When approaching the penalty area, he did not pass but confidently finished the cross-angle shot into Real’s net.
Griezmann’s goal was the turning point that made Real unable to recover.
At minute 119, Rodrigo Riquelme increased the score to 4-2 for Atletico with a quick cоunterattack, putting an end to Real. In the end, Atletico won 4-2 and eliminated Real from the King’s Cup.