Atletico Madrid exit Copa del Rey in shock loss to Cultural Leonesa

Tiny Cultural Leonesa pulled off a shock 2-1 Copa del Rey win over Atletico Madrid in extra time in the round of 32 on Thursday night.

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A late equaliser from Cultural’s Julien Castaneda cancelled out Angel Correa’s opener for Atleti before the extra period saw dramatic scenes when Sergio Benito volleyed the winner.

Vitolo missed the best opening of the first period for the away side, poking wide from Joao Felix’s through ball. But Correa made no mistake just past the hour mark when he latched onto the Portugal forward’s flick to put Atletico ahead.

The visitors pressed for a second and Cultural were indebted to goalkeeper Lucas Giffard for keeping them in the game with a string of fine saves before Castaneda smashed home an equaliser six minutes from time to send the game into extra time.

The Reino de Leon stadium was then sent into delirium as Benito volleyed the ball in at the far post after 108 minutes to ensure the Segunda B outfit of a place in Friday’s draw and a spot in the round of 16.