Atlético Madrid vs Athletic Club, 2023-24 Spanish Copa del Rey, Semifinals
· 1st LegBilbao win at Atletico in Copa del Rey semifinal, first leg
Athletic Bilbao beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at Metropolitano stadium on Wednesday thanks to Alex Berenguer's penalty.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Íñigo Lekue (Athletic Club).
- 1': Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 1': Attempt saved. Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 4': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Julen Agirrezabala.
- 6': Attempt missed. Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Iñaki Williams.
- 9': Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
- 10': Offside, Athletic Club. Iñaki Williams is caught offside.
- 11': Foul by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta (Athletic Club).
- 11': Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid).
- 13': Foul by Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid).
- 13': Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Memphis Depay is caught offside.
- 19': Foul by Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club).
- 19': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club).
- 20': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Stefan Savic (Atletico Madrid).
- 21': Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Penalty Athletic Club. Beñat Prados draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 22': Penalty conceded by Reinildo (Atletico Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 23': Reinildo (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 23': Delay in match because of an injury Beñat Prados (Athletic Club).
- 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 25': Goal! Atletico Madrid 0, Athletic Club 1. Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 27': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Rodrigo De Paul.
- 28': Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid).
- 29': Foul by Dani Vivian (Athletic Club).
- 29': Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 32': Foul by Beñat Prados (Athletic Club).
- 32': Koke (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Memphis Depay is caught offside.
- 35': Foul by Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club).
- 35': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 37': Foul by Beñat Prados (Athletic Club).
- 37': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Beñat Prados (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Stefan Savic.
- 39': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Reinildo.
- 40': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 42': Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid).
- 42': Oihan Sancet (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 45': Delay in match because of an injury Reinildo (Atletico Madrid).
- 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Iñaki Williams.
- 45'+2': Foul by Dani Vivian (Athletic Club).
- 45'+2': Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Athletic Club 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Atletico Madrid 0, Athletic Club 1.
- 45': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Mario Hermoso replaces Reinildo.
- 47': Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Gorka Guruzeta (Athletic Club).
- 52': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul following a fast break.
- 53': Substitution, Athletic Club. Unai Gómez replaces Oihan Sancet.
- 53': Substitution, Athletic Club. Asier Villalibre replaces Gorka Guruzeta.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 54': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta.
- 55': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Aitor Paredes.
- 55': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Julen Agirrezabala.
- 58': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Marcos Llorente replaces Nahuel Molina.
- 58': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Álvaro Morata replaces Memphis Depay.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Unai Gómez (Athletic Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 60': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Marcos Llorente.
- 61': Substitution, Athletic Club. Ander Herrera replaces Beñat Prados.
- 61': Foul by Aitor Paredes (Athletic Club).
- 61': Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt saved. Unai Gómez (Athletic Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Asier Villalibre.
- 62': Attempt missed. Asier Villalibre (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right.
- 64': Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid).
- 68': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta.
- 69': Attempt missed. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 70': Foul by Asier Villalibre (Athletic Club).
- 70': Koke (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Samuel Lino.
- 71': Foul by Unai Gómez (Athletic Club).
- 71': Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Unai Gómez (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Foul by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta (Athletic Club).
- 73': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Pablo Barrios.
- 73': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Yuri Berchiche.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 74': Foul by Aitor Paredes (Athletic Club).
- 74': Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club).
- 75': Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Lino.
- 77': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Julen Agirrezabala.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 77': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Alex Berenguer.
- 80': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
- 80': Dangerous play by Ander Herrera (Athletic Club).
- 80': Samuel Lino (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Hermoso with a cross.
- 83': Foul by Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid).
- 83': Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 84': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo Riquelme replaces Samuel Lino.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 84': Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Stefan Savic.
- 85': Substitution, Athletic Club. Yeray Álvarez replaces Iñaki Williams.
- 85': Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Vesga replaces Alex Berenguer.
- 85': Attempt missed. Dani Vivian (Athletic Club) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta with a cross following a corner.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Llorente.
- 87': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Unai Gómez.
- 87': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
- 89': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Yuri Berchiche.
- 89': Aitor Paredes (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+1': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Álvaro Morata is caught offside.
- 90'+4': VAR Decision: No Penalty Atletico Madrid.
- 90'+7': Foul by Aitor Paredes (Athletic Club).
- 90'+7': Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul with a cross.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Athletic Club 1.
- 0': Match ends, Atletico Madrid 0, Athletic Club 1.
Statistics
 ATH |
ATM |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 9 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 31.8 | Possession | 68.2 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 229 | Accurate Passes | 574 |
| 314 | Passes | 665 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 9 | Crosses | 33 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 63 | Long Balls | 59 |
| 27 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 10 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 37 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 37 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish Copa del Rey
Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 65,029
Venue: Riyadh Air Metropolitano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 65,029
Line-Ups
Atlético Madrid (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Jan Oblak (GK) |
| 20 | Axel Witsel |
| 23 | Reinildo Mandava  |
| 15 | Stefan Savic |
| 24 | Pablo Barrios |
| 5 | Rodrigo De Paul |
| 6 | Koke |
| 12 | Samuel Lino |
| 16 | Nahuel Molina |
| 9 | Memphis Depay |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann |
Athletic Club (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Julen Agirrezabala (GK) |
| 4 | Aitor Paredes |
| 3 | Dani Vivian |
| 17 | Yuri Berchiche |
| 15 | Iñigo Lekue |
| 8 | Oihan Sancet |
| 24 | Beñat Prados |
| 16 | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta |
| 12 | Gorka Guruzeta |
| 7 | Álex Berenguer |
| 9 | Iñaki Williams |
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