Cornellà, from Second Division B, eliminated in the second round of the Copa del Rey the leader of the League, Atlético de Madrid, thanks to a goal by Adrián Jiménez in the 7th minute that could not be countered by Diego Simeone’s men, who did not shoot once between the three sticks and were outmatched by Guillermo Fernández Romo’s offensive approach
The first half was clearly from a daring Cornellà who disrespected Atlético de Madrid.
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The 1-0 at the break fell short taking into account the scoring chances that the Catalan team had against a rival who was outmatched in multiple facets of the game.
Cornellà came out with his usual 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid did so with eight changes compared to the eleven that beat Alavés 1-2 in the League. Only Felipe, Giménez and Correa repeated, and names such as Luis Suárez, Oblak, Lemar, Mario Hermoso, Koke or Marcos Llorente were left out of the call.
The script twist came very early. At minute 7, Agus Medina crossed a free-kick from the blanquiverde left side that Adrián Jiménez finished off with a volley to surprise in the cold afternoon of Reyes de Cornellà.
Miguel San Román, the goalkeeper of the Madrid subsidiary who made his debut with the first team, could do nothing. As if that were not enough for Atlético de Madrid, he then lost José María Giménez through injury, who had been limping for a few minutes after a foul committed by himself on Rulo that resulted in a trauma to his left ankle.
Diego Simeone’s men raised their voices for the first time in the 21st minute with a double chance to score. Saúl sent the ball to the crossbar with his right leg and Correa took the rebound, which would have celebrated the tie if Borja García had not interposed at the last moment between the shot and the goal.
Despite the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of white-and-green fans they approached the vicinity of the Nou Municipal de Cornellà to be able to witness the match taking advantage of the fact that on the side of the field there are no steps or elements that impede the view from outside.
In the 31, Miguel San Román avoided the second from Cornellà, who was about to arrive with a cross shot that the mattress goalkeeper sent to cornerr with your fingertips.
In minute 43, another cross shot by Pablo Fernández had to be repelled with his torso by the newcomer mattress. The previous action could lead to the draw of Atlético de Madrid. Savic extended an aerial ball with his head and it reached Felipe inside the area, who only against Ramón Juan also used his head to finish off.
But the chance to score was lost very close to the left post of the goal. Less intense the second half began. Cornellà noticed the fatigue from the first half and that allowed Atlético de Madrid take off the straps that had him tied up at the mercy of the illusion of the Second Division B team.
The rojiblancos’ warning came with a free-kick from Torreira that licked Ramón Juan’s right squad in the 56th minute. But the step forward of Atlético de Madrid did not last long because in 63 he was left with one less player due to an unnecessary action by Ricard Sánchez, who left the toe in a split ball with Ramón Juan who had no option to reach and his boot hit the goalkeeper’s face.
The mistake earned him the second yellow card. From then on the meeting entered a sleepless phase in which practically nothing happened. Until Diego Simeone surprised locals and strangers with 15 minutes remaining in the game, giving entry to the youth of the subsidiary Adrián Corral by Joao Felix when Atlético de Madrid needed to score a goal to avoid being eliminated.
During the last 10 minutes, the rojiblancos managed to lock up Cornellà in their area, but the effort was unsuccessful and Atlético de Madrid fell back to a Second Division B team like last year, when they did it against Cultural Leonesa.
EFE
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