Atletico Madrid defeat
valencia by 4-2
Atletico Madrid 4-2 Valencia
by pakistanyouth-jobs.blogspot.com
Atletico Madrid took a firm grip of their
all-Spanish Europa League semi-final
against Valencia.
Radamel Falcao headed in to put the home side in front before Jonas tapped in to equalise
against the run of play.
Atletico responded with a Miranda header before
Adrian Lopez's angled shot added to the hosts' lead.
Falcao's superb 18-yard strike added Atletico's fourth
but Ricardo Costa's late header gave Valencia a second
away goal and hope for the return leg.
Costa's goal came in the fifth minute of added time for a
vulnerable Valencia side, who were comfortably beaten
by an Atletico team that will be ruing their late lapse of concentration.
Did you know?
- Valencia are third in La Liga and seven points
- ahead of eighth-placed Atletico Madrid .
- Radamel Falcao has 23 goals in 23 Europa
- League appearances.
With their league meetings this
season ending with a
1-0 Valencia win and a goalless draw, a close
contest
seemed to be on the cards but the reality was anything
but, as
Atletico overwhelmed their visitors.
As well as the incentive of a place in the Europa
Leaguefinal, the game was given an added edge as Valencia still
feel aggrieved at being knocked out of the competition by
Atletico in controversial fashion at the last-eight stage two
years ago.
Valencia thought they were denied a blatant penalty when
they went out on away goals but the remnants of any sense
of injustice did not appear to galvanise the visitors at the
Estadio Vicente Calderon.
The home side, who had won their previous 10 Europa League
games, quickly had their rivals on the back foot.
Part of Atletico's strategy seemed to be to expose Valencia left
-back Jordi Alba and it soon paid off when they took a deserved
lead.
Arda Turan got in behind Alba and, despite Valencia centre-back
Adil Rami trying to shield the ball out of play, the Atletico midfielder
managed to deliver a cross which Falcao nodded in.
It was all Atletico before Valencia almost snatched a goal against the
run of play when Rami headed just wide from a corner.
Valencia looked out of sorts but, after Atletico had failed to turn their
domination into more than a 1-0 lead, they made them pay.
A Tino Costa corner was nodded on to the far post where Jonas was
waiting to tap the ball home.
The goal only proved to inspire Atletico as they came out after the
break with renewed intent and industry.
Rami failed to get his head to a Diego free-kick and Miranda stole in
behind him to head in.
Lopez surged at at backtracking Valencia defence before sidefooting in a
precise angled shot to extend Atletico's lead.
Falcao cut inside and unleashed an 18-yard shot which went in off the
underside of the crossbar to put what seemed to be the finishing touch
on an Atletico victory.
But there was a sting in the tail for the home side when Costa planted
a firm header into the Atletico net from an injury-time corner to keep
the tie alive for the second leg on 26 April.
Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao: "The important thing is that
we won convincingly. The victory is ours as well as the advantage in the
tie so we have done a very good job."
Valencia striker Roberto Soldado: "That [late] goal gives us a chance to
mount a comeback. We weren't very good in attack or defence. For a
Europa League semi-final you have to be at 100% and we did not manage it."
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