El Colchonero won at home 1-0, with a goal from Memphis Depay after a great play by the Argentine striker. In the first half, Griezman had missed an unusual penalty. In a heart-stopping ending, the referee reversed his decision to give the Andalusians a maximum penalty.
Atlético de Madrid beat Sevilla 1-0 at home and qualified for the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. Diego Simeone’s team achieved a difficult victory after a missed penalty by Antoine Griezmann and with a goal from Memphis Depay after a great action by Ángel Correa.
The only goal of the match came with 11 minutes remaining. The Dutchman only had to push it to put the finishing touch to a genius of the Argentine striker, who overflowed from the right: the two had entered a while earlier from the substitute bench and changed history.
In addition to adding Correa in the complement, Simeone arranged for Nahuel Molina and Rodrigo De Paul to start at Atlético de Madrid. Lucas Ocampos was in Seville from the start, while Marcos Acuña (returned to play after injury) and Erik Lamela came on as replacements.
If there was something missing from the game, it was a heart-stopping ending and that’s how Jesús Gil Manzano awarded a penalty for the Andalusians in the fifth minute of stoppage time for an alleged infraction against Lamela. The VAR called the referee and reversed his decision by warning that there had been no foul.
Griezmann fell and missed a penalty
The forward had an excellent chance to open the scoring 26 minutes into the first half, but he slipped when he was going to take the maximum penalty. The ball went well over the crossbar: everything had arisen from an infringement by the Brazilian Marcão on Molina.
Griezmann slipped and missed an incredible penalty
Griezmann wanted revenge, but his goal was disallowed
At 14 minutes into the second half, the Frenchman scored with a great left cross that inflated the net. The attacker was looking to redeem himself after the accident he had had in the initial stage with the penalty shot, but he was clearly in an advanced position and the victory was invalid.
Griezmann’s disallowed goal
Memphis Depay’s goal after Correa’s great play
The Dutchman, who had entered alongside Correa from the substitute bench, only had to push her after an extraordinary play by the Argentine. With only 11 minutes left in the game, Cholo’s team took the lead on the scoreboard and was one step away from qualifying.
GOAL BY ATLÉTICO DE MADRID: Memphis Depay scored against Sevilla (1-0)
Final for the heart attack and penalty annulled at the request of the VAR
The fifth additional minute was being played when the admitted Pablo Barrios Rivas seemed to commit an infringement inside the area against Lamela. Referee Jesús Gil Manzano awarded the maximum penalty to Sevilla, but when he reviewed the play on the screen he determined that there had been no foul and reversed his ruling.
Atlético de Madrid vs. Seville: the VAR intervened and annulled the agonizing penalty
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