Atletico Madrid achieved victory over its arch-neighbor, Real Madrid, with a score of (4-2), on Thursday evening, in the sixteenth round of the Spanish King’s Cup. The 16th of the Spanish King's Cup. Jan Oblak scored for Real Madrid (an own goal) in the forty-five minute, Joselu in the eighty-two minute, while Samuel Leno (39), Alvaro Morata (fifty-seven), Griezmann (100), and Riquelme ( 119). With this victory, Atletico Madrid takes revenge for the loss of the Spanish Super Cup semi-final, and knocks the Merengues out of the cup. The match started with mutual confusion from the players of both teams in the first 10 minutes. The first clear threat came from Real Madrid player Jude Bellingham in the eleventh minute, as he escaped from control and shot a ball with his left foot that hit Jiménez before hitting the crossbar, and rebounding in front of Vinicius, who shot above the goal. Oblak excelled in stopping a shot from Rodrigo, which bounced in front of Vinicius, and he also shot, and the Slovenian blocked it brilliantly in the 20th minute. The response came quickly from De Paul with a header from inside the penalty area, which goalkeeper Lunin caught. Lunin continued to shine by blocking a shot on the volley from Morata in the 23rd minute. Samuel Leno succeeded in scoring the lead goal for Atletico Madrid in the 38th minute, as De Paul sent a cross ball that was touched by Rudiger and reached Leno, who shot directly past Lunin. Oblak made a naive mistake while coming out to deflect a ball fired by Luka Modric from a free kick from outside the penalty area, causing the ball to enter his net, so Real Madrid equalized before the whistle at the end of the first half. At the beginning of the second half, Rodrygo ran into the area and shot a powerful shot that was blocked by Oblak in the 46th minute. From a corner kick executed by Luka Modric, it reached Rudiger, who rose and shot a header that Oblak caught in the fifty-two minute. Alvaro Morata added the second goal for Atletico Madrid, after a series of errors by the Real Madrid defense, before Lunin touched the ball with his hand and it reached Morata's feet, who easily scored in the net in the 57th minute. Real Madrid players pressed to equalize, and the most dangerous opportunity came from Rodrigo, who shot a shot. A powerful touch touched Jimenez and hit the crossbar in the 75th minute. Joselu snatched the equalizer for Real Madrid in the eighty-two minute, as he received a cross ball from the left side of Bellingham, and headed the goal below the left of goalkeeper Oblak. The situation remained as it was until the end of regular time, until extra time was used. Antoine Griezmann took advantage of a wrong pass from Vinicius Junior, raced quickly into the area, and shot a rocket from a tight angle to give the Rojiblancos the lead in the 100th minute. The excitement continued as Dani Ceballos scored an equalizer for Real Madrid in the 111th minute, but the goal was canceled due to Bellingham being offside, after checking the video technology. Rodrigo Riquelme ended the match by scoring the fourth goal for Atletico Madrid in the 119th minute, taking the Rojiblancos through to the quarter-finals.
