4 talking points from Atlético Madrid?s Copa del Rey quarterfinal vs Sevilla
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Atlético Madrid notched up a fourth win in a row, and the third win to nil in a row, as they overcame Valencia at the Estadio CÃvitas Metropolitano on Sunday night. The 2-0 win was hard work to begin with, but soon looked like plain sailing as the team got going.
The deadlock was broken by Samuel Lino deep into first-half injury time, with Memphis Depay adding a second early in the second half, and it could have been three had Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea not cancelled a penalty call as José Luis Gayà brought down Nahuel Molina in the box.
Here are four of the key talking points from the game.
1. Koke?s lesson for Arthur Vermeeren
A lot of eyes at the Metropolitano were on the club?s exciting new signing, teenage midfielder Arthur Vermeeren. As he took to the bench, without getting any minutes just yet as he waits to make his debut, he would have done well to watch the midfield masterclass that captain Koke produced on the field. The stats say it all. He registered a match-high of 120 attempted passes, but also for pass completion rate, at 95% with 115 of those passes finding their target. 14 of those were into the final third. At the same time, he registered a match-high for duels won with nine, out of 11, and also for tackles won, with five out of eight.
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To put that in words, Koke bossed it. His pass in the build up to the second goal, con...
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