Copa: Granada 1 Atlético de Madrid 2
Posted by atleti on December 12, 2007
It wasn’t the greatest game (in that we did not establish a comfortable lead), BUT we won and had an opportunity to allow Miguel & the canteranos some playing time.
Here’s the main info:
Falcón; Valera, Pablo, Zé Castro, Antonio López; Raúl García (Álex Quillo 85′), Cléber, Luis García, Simão (Ignacio Camacho 57′); Mista and Forlán (Miguel 45′).
UNUSED SUBS: Abbiati; Perea.
GOALS
0-1 Forlán, assist by Raul (45′)- great goal!
0-2 Mista, assist by Simão (46′)
1-2 Luque (min 58)
The good news? Good display by Miguel, especially considering how long he’s been out injured! I love the fact that Aguirre subbed him in at half-time. For me, it means that he’s testing Miguel’s ability & building his match-fitness…perhaps to see if he can eventually replace rubbish Cleber in future games?
Both Álex & Camacho gave promising performances– maybe we’ll dip into the B team often this season.
Anyway, I’m happy that we won.
By the way, this is Atleti’s 5th consecutive win, in all competitions. Not bad, hm?
[Early Reminder: The 2nd leg is on 2-January at El Vicente Calderón.]
Willen said
Looks like the mexican did a great job on this game. Smart subs.. preserving Forlan, Simão and Raúl Garcia..
maybe using Antonio Lopez was unnecessary.. don’t know.. glad nothing bad happened to anyone.. =)
Easy game at home against them.. is it next week?
Ringo said
Does the 20,000th visitor to the blog win a t-shirt?
atleti said
@Willen: I agree. I liked Aguirre’s substitution choices. I also like the fact that Maxi & Kun didn’t have to play at all.
@RINGO: Not a bad idea! Unfortunately, WordPress can only tell me the # of hits, not the precise visitor! BOO!
Ringo said
Atleti – I was the 20,000th earlier ,honest!
I’d like any Atletico shirt please ,as long as it’s a new one,I don’t want one of your old ones!
atleti said
That reminds me– I need to buy an away jersey soon!
Armon said
Simao had that glorious 1-2 goal w/ aguero the day that my simao away came in, i think its a sign! By the way, any updates on whether or not you were able to find a video of the copa del rey goal?
atleti said
Copa goals are here!
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