Barcelona and Atletico Madrid crushed their opponents today in the 4th round of the Copa del Rey.
Atletico, playing like a bat out of hell, demolished Marbella today 6-0, thanks to a goal from Jurado (11'), Sinama (16'), and four total from Maxi Rodriguez (21', 30, 46', 62'). I'm not really sure what possessed Atletico to play so well and to score so many goals, but something tells me that after the Real Madrid game head coach Quique worked with them on improving their defense.
Hopefully the goal-scoring mood will transfer over to La Liga and help Atletico to move out of relegation zone.
My team also happened to crush their opponent into the ground today, although until about 10 minutes into the second half it looked like the game might remain scoreless.
That is, until my favorite striker ever Bojan Krkic scored two goals in two minutes, giving los cules a very comfortable lead. Ten minutes later Pedro followed suit, followed by Messi (who came in for Puyol in the 61st minute) literally two minutes later with a gorgeous chip over the goalie's head. Xavi finished off the scoring in the 75th minute, heading in a cross from Pedro.
On a different note, Real Madrid fans present at Madrid's 1-0 victory over Alcorcon were calling for Pellegrini's replacement during the game. According to marca.com the fans started chanting "Pellegrini quit!" while the coach was subbing out Lass for Marcelo. Real is officially out of the Copa del Rey tournament after they failed to outscore Alcorcon.
Rafael Van der Vaart scored the only goal of the match, which only came in the 81st minute; which basically means Real was lucky to get the win anyway. There are clearly some issues that team has to work on, and one of them is getting CR9 healed and fit as quickly as possible.
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