Monumental ridiculous. He Atlético de Madrid, leader of The competition in Spain he was eliminated in the second round of the Copa del Rey Wednesday lost 1-0 in terms of UE Cornellá.
He nemesis of the Athletic was classified by the seventh group of subgroup A from group III of the Second Division B., the third category in importance in Spanish football.
- Budget Atlético de Madrid: 515 million euros.
- Budget UE Cornellá: 800,000 euros, the fortnightly salary of ‘Cholo’ Simeone, Atlético coach.
The only goal of the game was drawn Adrian Jimenez for the Barcelona team in minute 7, with a cross in the middle of And Medina, to beat the goalkeeper Miguel San Roman.
If the elimination wasn’t enough against such an inferior rival on paper, the ridiculous ‘colchonero’ is magnified even further by not even finishing on target for 90 minutes plus the five extra.
Joao Felix, Angel Correa, Lucas Torreira, Saúl, José María Giménez, Savic, Lodi, Felipe, along with other permanent keepers of the Madrid team, were part of the match in this disastrous cup performance of the current leader of the highest category football in Spain.
The ‘colchonero’ team was the most important among the participants in this round and was the big disappointment, crashed in front of a formation of Second B just like last season when he was struck down by the in the round of 32 Cultural Leonesa.
Atlético was again eliminated from the cup one round earlier, in a match for which Diego Simeone had given rest to several important men such as Luis Suarez, Koke Resurrection, Marcos Llorente or the archer Jan Oblak.
He ‘Cholo‘ Simeone has been removed in it Copa del Rey for the eighth season in a row after his only cup victory in 2013:
2014 Semi-finals against Real Madrid
✖2015 Quarter-finals against Barcelona
✖2016 Quarter-Finals against Celta
✖2017 Semi-finals against Barcelona
✖2018 Quarter-final against Sevilla
✖2019 Round of 16 against Girona
✖2020 Round of 32 against Leonesa
✖2021 Second round against Cornellá