The next day, when Atletico Madrid returned to Madrid from Lisbon, major sports media also reported yesterday's very strange game.

A reporter with good intentions counted that Benfica hit the goal frame four times in the whole game.

In addition, five times it was shot off the goal post.

In other words, throughout the game, the football swung around the side of Atletico Madrid's goal nine times, but not once was it able to hit the goal.

This strange phenomenon is hard not to attract attention.

On the contrary, as Benfica's opponent, Atletico Madrid only hit the goal four times in the whole game, but scored three goals.

Moreover, Lin Rui's shot also caused the rib fracture of Benfica's main central defender, directly losing a general.

Comparing the two, one cannot help but sigh at Atletico Madrid's good luck and Benfica's bad luck.

Later, some reporters came to interview Atletico Madrid's players about their views on this game.

But what surprised the reporters was that all Atletico Madrid players would confidently say when talking about this game: "This result is very normal, we expected it a long time ago."

If one or two people said this, it would be easier to understand, but when everyone said this, it seemed a little abnormal.

But when they asked further, everyone looked very secretive and would never reveal a word.

This made the reporters curious and scratched their hearts, but there was nothing they could do.

Of course, this was just a small episode. After returning to Madrid, Atletico Madrid did not rest, but immediately engaged in intensive training.

On April 27, they welcomed Sevilla, their opponent in the semi-final of the King's Cup, at their home stadium.

This was the second round of the game between the two sides.

In the last round, the two teams tied 2-2.

However, since that game was played at Sevilla's home ground, Atletico Madrid scored two away goals.

In this way, they have a certain advantage.

In this game, as long as Sevilla does not score more than two goals, they can advance with a draw.

However, Sevilla is also holding back.

In the last game, when they were leading by two goals, Atletico Madrid fought back and equalized the score, which made them very depressed.

So this time when they came to the away game, they vowed to let Atletico Madrid taste their own strength.

However, the whole process of the game made Sevilla very frustrated.

Less than three minutes after the start, the Sevilla defender tripped Costa in his own penalty area. The referee directly sentenced him to death and awarded a penalty kick.

Costa scored the penalty kick in one fell swoop.

The backward score changed the mentality of the Sevilla players.

They began to become impatient.

This also gave Atletico Madrid more opportunities.

In the 29th minute of the game, Lin Rui got the ball outside the penalty area, cut inside, got rid of the defense of two Sevilla defenders, and then shot the ball into the far corner with his right foot.

Sevilla goalkeeper Palop was unable to rescue, and the ball flew directly into the net.

The score became 2-0!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and Sevilla, who was forced into a desperate situation, could only attack with all his might.

However, this gave Atletico Madrid more opportunities.

In the 57th minute of the game, Sevilla made a mistake in passing the ball in the midfield and was directly intercepted by Gabi.

After Gabi got the ball, he passed it straight and broke through Sevilla's defense line that was about to press to the midfield.

Raul Garcia successfully countered the offside and formed a single-handed meeting.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Raul Garcia made a lob shot and broke through Sevilla's goal again.

At this time, Sevilla knew that the situation was over.

So the players relaxed their mentality.

In this case, good results were achieved.

In the 76th minute of the game, Sevilla striker Reyes and Rubio made a continuous two-on-one cooperation in the frontcourt.

Finally, Reyes pushed the ball directly into the net near the penalty spot in the penalty area.

The score became 3 to 1.

This goal seemed to ignite the fire of hope for Sevilla again.

After that, Sevilla began to launch a fierce attack on Atletico Madrid's goal.

Under this offensive, Atletico Madrid's defense was also compressed in its own half and could not move.

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Under such circumstances, Atletico Madrid could only struggle to hold on and defend the goal.

Fortunately, there was not much time left before the end of the game.

As long as they could drag on for this period of time, the victory would eventually belong to them.

However, things did not go as planned. In the 85th minute of the game, when Atletico Madrid was defending with all their strength, Reyes's shot directly hit the arm of Godin who was defending in the penalty area.

The referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot and awarded a penalty.

Although Atletico Madrid's players came forward to plead, the referee remained unmoved and still awarded a penalty.

Reyes personally took the penalty, and his shot went directly into the lower left corner of the goal.

The score became 2 to 3.

At this time, if Sevilla scored another goal, they would eliminate Atletico Madrid with an advantage of three away goals.

Now there are still seven or eight minutes before the end of the game, including the extra time.

It is not impossible to score a goal within this time.

So the atmosphere on the scene became tense all of a sudden.

The players of Atletico Madrid no longer had a relaxed mentality, but were replaced by solemnity.

Simeone on the sidelines could no longer sit still at this time. He walked to the sidelines and watched the situation on the field nervously.

He didn't want his team to encounter any black minutes.

The game started again soon.

Sevilla, who regained hope, launched a high-pressure press against Atletico Madrid at the beginning of the game.

And the players of Atletico Madrid were obviously unprepared under the opponent's high-intensity press.

They lost the ball quickly.

Then Sevilla immediately launched a crazy attack on Atletico Madrid's goal.

In the 87th minute of the game, Reyes made a long shot outside the penalty area and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

Fortunately, Courtois was very focused and flew to save the ball from the bottom line.

Sevilla got a corner kick opportunity.

Navas sent a corner kick, but the first point was headed by Lin Rui who returned to the penalty area to assist in defense, and the ball was headed directly out of the penalty area.

Outside the penalty area, Campana got the ball. After adjusting, he immediately kicked the ball into the penalty area with a half-high kick.

However, this time the pass was judged in advance by Courtois, who rushed over and caught the ball under him.

Courtois, who caught the pass, quickly stood up from the ground holding the ball.

After standing up, he looked up at the situation in front of him and immediately saw a person waving at him.

Seeing the other party's gesture, he understood it and immediately threw the ball over with a hand throw.

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