the real football

Nothing like a cup match for excitement at the stadium. Atletico were down 0-3 after the first leg, so they needed to score goals, as well as keep Recreativo out of the scoring. Well, Atletico got their three goals, and then were gifted an own goal to make it 4-0, and it looked like they were through. The crowd were celebrating, all was well in the south of Madrid. Then Recreativo scored. The away goal meant that Atletico now needed to score a FIFTH goal, or be eliminated from the Copa del Rey. They had 20 minutes to do it. Moments later, their DM, Asunscao, is sent off. Despondent is not a strong enough word to describe the feelings of the locals, who came out for a 10:00 pm kickoff to will their team toward survival in the cup. Now they need a goal, and must do it with ten men. Atletico have the will, and go on the attack. A few minutes later, a ball is played in to Aguero, who is ruthlessly kicked from behind as he receives the ball. He survives the challenge, with the ball, and moves to take on the defender between him and the goal. Atletico’s best striker (apologies to Diego Forlan, but I think Kun is better) is 1v1 to goal, looking for the winner. Wait, the whistle blows! The referee has called the foul, and not given the advantage. Kun screams at the referee, and the fans are horrified, because they clearly believed that their striker had a good chance to beat his defender and secure the team’s passage to the next round. After much “discussion” with the official, Reyes, Forlan, and Simao gather near the ball. Forlan moves away. Well, the rest you can see in the video that my older son shot. (We were pretty pleased with our seats for this one, too, btw!) Nothing like a cup match for excitement at the stadium. Atletico were down 0-3 after the first leg, so they needed to score goals, as well as keep Recreativo out of the scoring. Well, Atletico got their three goals, and then were gifted an own goal to make it 4-0, and it looked like they were through. The crowd were celebrating, all was well in the south of Madrid. Then Recreativo scored. The away goal meant that Atletico now needed to score a FIFTH goal, or be eliminated from the Copa del Rey. They had 20 minutes to do it. Moments later, their DM, Asunscao, is sent off. Despondent is not a strong enough word to describe the feelings of the locals, who came out for a 10:00 pm kickoff to will their team toward survival in the cup. Now they need a goal, and must do it with ten men. Atletico have the will, and go on the attack. A few minutes later, a ball is played in to Aguero, who is ruthlessly kicked from behind as he receives the ball. He survives the challenge, with the ball, and moves to take on the defender between him and the goal. Atletico’s best striker (apologies to Diego Forlan, but I think Kun is better) is 1v1 to goal, looking for the winner. Wait, the whistle blows! The referee has called the foul, and not given the advantage. Kun screams at the referee, and the fans are horrified, because they clearly believed that their striker had a good chance to beat his defender and secure the team’s passage to the next round. After much “discussion” with the official, Reyes, Forlan, and Simao gather near the ball. Forlan moves away. Well, the rest you can see in the video that my older son shot. (We were pretty pleased with our seats for this one, too, btw!)