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25/ 11/ 12
Party time in the Calderon
Beating Sevilla by 4-0 • Falcao scored his 50th goal for Atletico
It was an important game and Atletico rose to the challenge. Goals from Falcao, Arda, Koke and Miranda were enough to give the victory to Atletico against Sevilla, extend ing the extraordinary record at home. Simeone’s men have picked up the 21 points that have been up for grabs in the Calderon as well as winning all their games in the Europa League, with the last defeat coming back last April.
Atletico were quick out of the blocks and looked hungry from the beginning to the match. Juanfran and Filipe pushed hard down the wings to give an extra attacking edge tothenhome side. Inside the first 10 minutes, the Brazilian Diego Costa had an header on goal but it went wide. Simeone's men continued to search for the opener and duly got their rewards in the 19th minute. Fazio brought down Koke and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Falcao stepped up and sent Palop to one side as he smashed it down the centre putting his team ahead with his 50th goal for the club. Referee Iglesias Villanueva sent off Fazio and Sevilla were reduced to 10 men.
Despite the goal, Atletico kept looking for more chances. Arda continued to provide the balls for Falcao and Diego Costa ad it was Arda who forced the second goal, his pass deflect in to Palops goal to double the lead.
Other team might have stopped there, but not Atleti, just two minutes after the second goal, Koke got the third after the delivery from Diego Costa, sending the crowd in to a frenzy.
The match was all Atletico and Falcao, Arda and Diego Costa all had chances to make it 4-0 but they had to wait until the 90th minute as Miranda took advantage of good work from Arda to turn home a rebound.
The game was complete. The Calderon sent it’s warriors home as Atletico continue on the best return in their history at this stage of the League. Now it’s the Cup as they continue to go game by game.
Atlético de Madrid 4 – 0 Sevilla
Atlético de Madrid: Courtois; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Filipe; Mario, Gabi; Koke, Arda, Diego Costa & Falcao
Sevilla: Palop; Cicinho, Fazio, Spahic, Navarro; Maduro, Rakitic, Kondogbia; Navas, Babá & Reyes
Goals:
Min.19. 1-0: Falcao(pen)
Min.39. 2-0: Arda
Min. 42. 3-0: Koke
Min.90. 4-0: Miranda
Subs:
Min. 25. Botía for Kondogbia
Min. 61. Perotti for Reyes
Min.64. Cristian Rodríguez for Diego Costa
Min.73. Emre for Gabi
Min.76. Javi Hervás for Navas
Min. 77. Raúl García for...
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Photographer: A.G.
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