Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona to set up Supercopa derby with Madrid
Atletico Madrid battled back to beat Barcelona 3-2 in the semifinals of the Spanish Supercopa in Saudi Arabia on Thursday night in a wildly entertaining match that featured five second-half goals.
Both teams fielded full-strength sides for the chance to play Real Madrid, who beat Valencia on
Wednesday in the other semi, in the final of the first-ever four-team Super Cup competition.
Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona
After a scoreless first half, the second stanza was full of fireworks, with three lead changes and two disallowed goals. Koke scored just moments after entering the pitch, but goals from Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann had Barcelona in control.Atletico would keep their cool, though, and an Alvaro Morata penalty conversion minutes before Correa's late strike earned the Colchoneros a date in Sunday's Final against city rivals Real Madrid.Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde brought in Neto to play in goal, while Samuel Umtiti started ahead of Clement Lenglet at centre-back and Arturo Vidal got the nod in midfield over Ivan Rakitic.On the other side for Atletico manager Diego Simeone, Stefan Savic returned from his long-term to start in defence after Jose Maria Gimenez was sidelined with a minor injury, while the recently recuperated Koke started on the bench.
Wednesday in the other semi, in the final of the first-ever four-team Super Cup competition.
Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona
After a scoreless first half, the second stanza was full of fireworks, with three lead changes and two disallowed goals. Koke scored just moments after entering the pitch, but goals from Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann had Barcelona in control.Atletico would keep their cool, though, and an Alvaro Morata penalty conversion minutes before Correa's late strike earned the Colchoneros a date in Sunday's Final against city rivals Real Madrid.Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde brought in Neto to play in goal, while Samuel Umtiti started ahead of Clement Lenglet at centre-back and Arturo Vidal got the nod in midfield over Ivan Rakitic.On the other side for Atletico manager Diego Simeone, Stefan Savic returned from his long-term to start in defence after Jose Maria Gimenez was sidelined with a minor injury, while the recently recuperated Koke started on the bench.
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