Atletico Madrid (AT Madrid), who leads the Spanish professional football La Liga, was eliminated from the Copa del Rey (Kings’ Cup) for the second year in a row and was disgraced.
AT Madrid lost 0-1 to UE Cornella of Segunda Division B (third division) in the second round of the 2020-2021 Season King Cup held at Cornella Stadium in Cornella, Spain on the 7th (Korean time).
As a result, AT Madrid was hit by the third division team for two consecutive seasons and was disgraced by early dropout from the tournament.
AT Madrid was also eliminated early in the tournament last season, losing 1-2 to Cooltural Leonessa in the third division in the third round (final of 32).
AT Madrid are in the lead (38 points) in the regular league, beating 2nd place Real Madrid (36 points) and 3rd place Barcelona (31 points).
With the exception of leading players such as goalkeeper Luis Suarez, goalkeeper Jan Oblak and midfielder Marcos Lorente, AT Madrid, who was on the way away, scored the opening goal to Adrian Jimenez in the first 7 minutes of the day.
Jimenez split the goal by shooting a cross from the left from the left of the goal area.
AT Madrid smashed Cornella afterwards, but was seldom able to score the equalizer due to the defense of the leg and the save of the goalkeeper.
In the 18th minute of the second half, defender Ricart Sanchez was sent off for accumulating warnings.
In a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper, Sanchez got his second yellow card when he touched the goalkeeper’s face, not the ball.
Eventually, the Cornella players who won the victory ran as if they had won.
In a small home stadium that can accommodate only 1,500 people, players and fans hugged and shared joy, forgetting the quarantine rules.
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