Copenhagen has aroused Atletico and you have fired
Atletico Madrid defeated 4-1 as FC Copenhagen and showed that there would be no problems to overcome the 1/16-finals in the Europa League. The hosts led by Viktor Fischer in the 15th minute, but then the difference in the class was obvious and Diego Simeone's team turned their backs to Saul, Kevin Gamayro, Antoine Grumman, and Vitolo.
The surprising drop in the Champions League was a hard hit for Atletico, but everyone in the club declared that the matches in League Europe are also serious and the goal is to reach the final. Simeone reaffirmed the ambition of the "mausoleums" with the choice of composition for the Parken visit. The attack was led by Antoine Grisman and Kevin Gamay, and Saul, Coke, Thomas Taye and Angel Korea started in the middle of the pitch.
Diego Godin, who left without three teeth in the match against Valencia ten days ago, was parting in the center of the defense with José Jimenez, and Miguel Angel Moya stood at the door.
FC Copenhagen presents, to put it mildly, disappointing in the Danish championship, and recently split with the wing Benjamin Verbich. The Slovenian moved to Dynamo Kiev and this weakened the team of Stale Eloquent, but the Norwegian specialist hoped to find a way to surprise Atletico.
Pieros Sotiriou and Viktor Fischer were the two strikers in the FC Copenhagen starting lineup, Robert Skov and Rasmussen Falck helped them on the flanks.
In the first three minutes, Grizzman and Saul have failed to punish the hosts' stunned defense. The Danes did not take any lessons and continued to act absent-mindedly at their doorstep, but Grizzman again fired incorrectly. At the 13th minute, the Frenchman faced Robin Olsen with his eyes and once again failed to overcome it.
And when everyone expected Atletico to lead, naked fell into the door of Mine. A home player was dropped to the left, then Peter Ankersen centered, and Fischer continued his way to the ball and enjoyed fans of FC Copenhagen.
The attack did not disturb the Spaniards but made them attack even more furiously. In the 21st minute, Grisman recovered from his oversights and centered perfectly on Saul, who beat Olsen and headed for 1: 1.
Atletico was totally dominated, and it was no surprise that even before the break he reached the second goal. He fell in the 37th minute after a brilliant combination between Luca Hernandez and Grisman. There followed a centering of the defender to Gamay and he touched the net with one touch. A little later, Sotiriu fired poorly from a good position, and at the end of half Gamayro missed the hosts.
The second part did not offer the same emotions. Atlético was now more crowded and relying on counterattacks. The hosts did not have any idea how to make anything meaningful offensive. Referee Alexei Kulbakov saved a few cards for more harsh entrances from both teams and the snow made the conditions for football unpleasant.
In spite of the shifts and the sparse game, the guests from Madrid came to two more goals. In 71 minutes Grigman was taken to the penalty area and technically dropped the ball between Olsen's feet. Shortly thereafter, Vitola slipped between several defenders in white and scored the fourth goal for "Los robinbalos".
The main chance for the hosts to reduce the score came in the last minutes, but Pavlovic headed the ball.
source - sportal.bg
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