In the early morning of January 20, Beijing time, the Spanish King's Cup completed a closely watched 1/8 final, La Liga champion Atletico Madrid once again upset the loss, losing 0-2 to Real Sociedad, making Atletico have a nightmare for 4 years, that is, missing the top 8 of the Copa del Rey for 4 consecutive years. Real Sociedad continued the form of a La Liga powerhouse, kicking out the strength of la 5th place, fully suppressing Atletico, Januzai and Sollot scored one goal each, and Atletico suffered a clean sheet in attack and defense.
In this campaign, Simeone rarely lined up a 451 formation, Felix played as a single arrow, Carrasco, Cork, Exto Herrera, De Paul, Angel Correa partnered in 5 midfielders, Lodi, Hermoso, Felipe, Versalico paired with four defenders, goalkeeper Oblak. Since Suarez and Marcos Llorente, the two top two leaders last season, did not start, of which Llorente was injured again, four injuries this season, indirectly triggering the loss of control of Atletico's attacking system.
In the game, Atletico was weak on both ends of the attack and defense, and although the possession rate was 52%, it was 10-16 with Real Sociedad's shots on goal and 1-6 with a positive shooting contrast, and it was helpless to get a 2-goal clean sheet. In the opening stage, Atletico had already escaped the disaster, in the 7th minute of the game, Januzai fired consecutive shots in the box and hit the upright; however, Atletico also had a chance to open the record, and in the 15th minute of the game, Carrasco stepped forward to get a single knife, got rid of two defenders and shot at the post.
In the 32nd minute of the match, David Silva instigated the attack, Saldua inserted the ball from the right side to complete the undercut cross, And Januzai scored a header inside the box to give Real Sociedad a 1-0 lead.
In the 46th minute of the game, Felipe gave a big gift, he played with fire at the back, faced with the pressure of two opposing attacking players, still holding the ball and turning, and then was robbed, Sollot completed a one-handed shot to break the goal, Real Sociedad 2-0 lead, and kept the score until the end of the game, Suarez came off the bench and failed to change the situation.
According to statistics, Atletico completed 7 unbeaten games in the early part of the season (6 la Liga games, 4 wins and 2 draws, 1 draw in the Champions League), starting from the 0-1 upset loss to Alaves in the 7th round of La Liga, until the 0-2 upset loss to Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey, there was a three-tier avalanche, in la Liga, the Super League, the Copa del Rey 3 major events collapsed, the cold was continuous, during the period of 22 games in all competitions 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, La Liga currently has only 33 points, 16 points behind the top real Madrid A 1-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao in the Western Super Cup halted the semi-finals; the Copa del Rey stopped in the quarterfinals.
Although the schedule is just over halfway through, Atletico's performance has been born for 5 years of humiliation, and for the first time since the 2016/17 season, Atletico have suffered a single-season loss in double-doubles, not only La Liga has become a team in the fourth place, but the Champions League will not be optimistic.