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04/ 02/ 13
Super Atleti!
Atletico achieve their 20th consecutive victory at the Calderon • Diego Costa managed to open the defensive wall of Betis
Another home game for Atletico and another victory. The group led by Diego Pablo Simeone faced the difficult challenge of recording their twentieth consecutive victory in front of their fans. It took just a minute for Atletico to show their intentions and find the first chance of the game after a ball from Falcao that Arda could not send in to the back of the net. Guided by Gabi from midfield and Mario, Atletico came out strong. The match of the two midfielders was brilliant and their work again slowed the brave Betis attacks, whose fifth place in the league is a true reflection of the level of Mel and his men.
The day when 'Super Mario' had been called up by Del Bosque for the first time to join the national team was one to remember. In the opening exchanges it was all Atleti and the Betis keeper had to be alert. Chances from Koke, Arda Gabi and Adrian all came close to opening the scoring.
Betis settled in to the game and began to create a few chances of their own but never really troubled Coutois in the first half and the sides went in all square at the break.
Diego Costa, the revolutionary
Ten minutes after the break Diego Costa replaced Adrian and it proved to be the turning point of the game. And it was from one of his lay off that Koke had a god chance to open the scoring. A diagonal cross field ball was was brought down well by the Brazilian who set it up for Koke but unfortunately he couldn’t keep his shot down and the ball sailed over the bar.
Next it was the turn of Falcao, back in the side after recovering from injury, the Columbian tried his luck from distance but his 35 yard strike was saved well by Adrian in the Betis goal. And it was rom the next move that the only goal of the game came, a corner from the left was met but the head of Diego Costa who’d done well to find the space inside the Betis six yard box made the difference, 61 minutes on the clock and Atleti lead by 1 goal to 0.
Altetico continued to create chances and looked the most likely to get the next goal with both Cristian Rodriguez and Raul Garcia coming close in the final stages. The single goals was enough to get the points that saw Atleti stretch their winning streak to 20 games and after Barcelona’s draw the three points saw the rojiblancos close the gap at the top to 9 points.
Atlético de Madrid 1 – 0 Real Betis
Atlético de Madrid: Courtois; Juanfran, Godín, Miranda, Filipe; Mario Suárez, Gabi; Koke, Arda Turan (Cristian Rodríguez, 64´); Adrián (Diego Costa, 55´) & Falcao (Raúl García, 78´).
Real Betis: Adrián; Chica, Nacho, Amaya, Perquis; Cañas, Rubén Pérez, Beñat (Pozuelo, 62´); Pabón (Molina, 62´), Joel Campbell...
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