At 4:00 Beijing time on January 20, the 21/22 Spanish King's Cup 1/8 final began, and the focus battle was between Atletico and Real Sociedad. Januzzai's header broke the first half, Sollot sealed the win in the second half, and Atletico lost 0-2.
Atletico were La Liga champions last season, but this season they have slipped across the board, 16 points behind the leaders Real Madrid, and the Western Super Cup has stopped in the semi-finals. In the Copa del Rey, Felix was on the front line, with Carrasco, Cork, De Paul and Angel Correa behind to assist, with Oblak leading the defence.
In the 32nd minute, David Silva scored forward, Saldua crossed from the right, Januzai forced Hermoso to shake his head and hit the inside of the left upright into the net, Oblak could not do anything, Atletico Madrid fell behind 0-1.
In the 47th minute, Felipe played with fire at the back, and Sallot made an easy one-handed goal after stealing. In just 15 minutes, Atletico conceded two goals in a row and were in a desperate 0-2 situation. Unfortunately, the rest of the game, Atletico was still unable to return to the sky, Real Sociedad won at home, successfully reached the top 8 of the Copa del Rey, and continued to attack the championship.
For Atletico, tonight is too helpless, if you count the previous Western Super Cup, they lost 2 titles in 6 days, considering their current state, the league and the Champions League are basically hopeless, and the four are close at hand.
Who would have thought that Atletico, who once started as a predatory defender, is now in a state of ruins, conceding all of them in 16 games outside the Wanda Metropolitano this season, the worst record since Simeone took charge. In addition, Oblak has conceded 36 goals in 29 appearances this season, already tying with last season's total.
Since the 17/18 season, Atletico have been unable to reach the Top 8 of the Copa del Rey for four consecutive years, and Simeone has set a number of career-level humiliation records.
Simeone has been in charge of Atletico for 10 seasons, from 23 December 2012 to the present, winning two La Liga titles in the hands of Real Madrid and Barcelona, reaching the Champions League final twice, as well as the Western Super Cup, Europa League and European Super Cup.
In the eyes of fans, Simeone is the number one contributor to The rebirth of Atletico, and even compares him to Atletico Ferguson, without him, atletico is difficult to compete with the two giants. Simeone also reaped huge returns, earning an annual salary of up to €23 million, even higher than any player in the team.
But now it seems that Simeone has also exhausted his talents, the team's offensive end is difficult to say, the defensive end is a cliff-like decline, and Atletico no longer frightens opponents.