After playing against Malaga, Atletico Madrid went to Seville again. There, they will play the first round of the Copa del Rey semi-final with Sevilla. This season, Sevilla's league performance is not ideal. So far, they are only ranked ninth in the league. It can be said that they have basically bid farewell to the European war zone next season. There is no hope in the league, so they attach great importance to awards such as the Copa del Rey. Now that they have reached the semi-finals, they may enter the finals or even win the championship. In this case, Sevilla will definitely fight to the end. So Simeone did not dare to be careless and directly sent out the full main lineup. And the process of the game was indeed as expected, very difficult. At the beginning of the game, Sevilla took the lead. In the third minute, their striker Reyes scored the first goal.

His long shot from the top of the penalty area hit Godin's calf directly and refracted.

Caught off guard, Courtois rushed in the wrong direction.

The football rubbed the right goal post and flew into the net.

At the beginning of the game, the score fell behind, which immediately put Atletico Madrid in a passive position.

Sevilla did not stop the pace of attack because of the lead.

With the cheers of more than 50,000 fans at home, Sevilla's players fought more and more bravely.

Atletico Madrid was a little confused and could only retreat to their own half, struggling to support the opponent's fierce offensive.

"Atletico Madrid is too passive now. If this continues, they will lose the ball sooner or later."

In the live broadcast room, Liu Jian's voice was full of worry.

"It seems that Sevilla made sufficient preparations before the game today, while Atletico Madrid was obviously affected by the intensive schedule. They were not able to play their usual abilities."

"If they lose this game by a large margin at Sevilla's home stadium, it will be difficult for Atletico Madrid to make a comeback after returning to Atletico Madrid's home stadium."

Zhang Lu also had a worried look on his face, and was obviously dissatisfied with Atletico Madrid's performance in this game.

At this time on the court, Atletico Madrid's situation was already precarious.

Sevilla's back line was almost pressed to the midline.

The football could not pass the half court at all.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Atletico Madrid's line, which had been defending for more than half an hour, collapsed again.

This time, Reyes made an inverted triangle pass after going down the bottom and kicked the ball to the middle of the penalty area.

Rubio was in position and shot the ball directly.

The football

traced a tiny arc in the air and plunged into the upper right corner of the goal.

2-0!

Rubio slid down to celebrate after scoring the goal.

The Sevilla fans cheered.

The whole stadium was like a pot of boiling water, with an amazing momentum.

On the other side, the Atletico Madrid players looked lonely.

Simeone stood there with an ugly face, saying nothing.

Soon, the game resumed, and Sevilla's morale was even higher after leading by two goals.

Their attack became more and more fierce.

Atletico Madrid seemed very passive.

They could only shrink near the penalty area and let the opponent bombard them.

Fortunately, Sevilla did not continue to expand the score in the remaining time of the first half.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the first half, the score was still 2-0.

The players of both sides returned to the locker room to rest.

In the visiting team's locker room, Simeone lost his temper.

"We played shit in the first half! Did you guys not eat today? Or did you eat too much and couldn't even run? Or was our opponent too strong and scared you all?"

Simeone's questions made the Atletico Madrid players lower their heads with shame on their faces.

After scolding for a while, Simeone changed his tone and said, "In the second half, we can't be suppressed by the opponent in our half like in the first half. We have to attack!"

"Lin! And Diego! You two have to play a role and push to the front! I want to make the Sevilla defense feel a sense of crisis at any time. This is the only way to relieve the pressure on our side."

Lin Rui and Coster

The people nodded silently to show that they understood.

"Koke, Gabi and Raul, you have to strengthen the stranglehold in the midfield and must not let the opponent get the ball comfortably in the midfield. You can commit fouls at critical moments. Don't be afraid of getting cards. In the semi-finals, yellow cards will not be accumulated. You just need to be careful not to get red cards."

Koke and the other two also nodded together to show that they understood.

"The rest of you, you should do a good job of defending the backcourt. Strictly guard the penalty area and don't run around with the opponent's mobilization. Be brave to kick at critical moments. Of course, pay attention to the position and grasp the degree in the penalty area. After all, this is Sevilla's home court, be careful of the opponent's diving."

After Simeone assigned tasks to the players, the halftime break was almost over.

The players walked out of the locker room one after another, but their eyes were much firmer.

When they came to the court, the two sides exchanged venues.

Soon, the referee blew the whistle to start the second half of the game.

At the beginning of the game, Sevilla still wanted to continue the oppressive style of play in order to score as soon as possible.

But soon, they found that Atletico Madrid seemed a little different.

In the 48th minute of the game, Sevilla midfielder Campana got the ball near the center circle.

He just wanted to look up to observe the situation in the front court, but he was suddenly knocked down by Koke who came out from the side.

Although the head coach quickly whistled a foul, because Koke touched the ball first, he was only warned and didn't even get a card.

On the Sevilla side, an attack was interrupted.

Soon, Sevilla sent a free kick and the ball went straight to the middle of the penalty area. But in the end, Godin headed it out of the penalty area.

Outside the penalty area, Reyes stretched his foot to stop the ball at his feet. Just when he wanted to adjust it, Gabi came up.

In the end, Reyes, who was forced to do nothing, could only pass the ball out in a hurry.

But in a hurry, the quality of his pass was not high.

Finally, the ball that was passed into the penalty area was cleared out by Miranda with a big kick.

The cleared ball happened to fall at the feet of Lin Rui who was wandering near the midfield.

After Lin Rui got the ball, he glanced at the situation in the front field, then bent his bow and shot directly.

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