Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Académica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Académica
Europa League · Thursday 25 October 2012, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Académica: match report
Atlético de Madrid defeated Académica 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Diego Costa opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Diego Costa (48') and Emre Belözoglu (68'). Académica scored through Salim Cissé (85').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card; Académica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 61st on 6 points from 2 and Académica 145th on 1 point from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Académica in a 4-4-2.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Diego Costa
- 62'Yellow card · Júnior Lopes
- 68'Goal · Emre Belözoglu
- 85'Goal · Salim Cissé
- 86'Yellow card · Saúl Ñíguez
- 90+1'Yellow card · Bruno China
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Sergio Asenjo, Filipe Luís, Jorge Pulido, Sílvio, Daniel Díaz, Koke, Diego Costa, Tiago, Adrián, Gabi, Emre Belözoğlu
Académica line-up (4-4-2)
Ricardo Nunes, João Dias, Flávio, Rafik Halliche, Nivaldo, Makelele, John Ogu, Marinho, Wilson Eduardo, Edinho, Bruno China