Antoine Griezmann closed the match and the qualifying round against Rayo Vallecano with two goals in the final stretch to make his scoring debut in the Cup. He had already thrashed in the League and the Champions League.

Miguel Angel Moyá and Jesús Gámez have answered the media in the mixed zone at the end of the match.

Atlético de Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano with an overwhelming 3-0 and will go to the quarter-finals of the King’s Cup. Griezmann, twice, and Correa, scored the goals.

The draw will be held at the Football City of Las Rozas (at noon) and the following teams will be in the pot: FC Barcelona, Athletic Club, Mirándes, Las Palmas, Valencia, Celta and Sevilla.

The Brazilian reaches the number of 200 matches as a red and white player. The winger adds 143 matches in the League 19 in the Cup and 38 in Europe.

Simeone will not be able to count with the injured Tiago and Fernando Torres. The team will concentrate on Thursday, hours before the start of the match, scheduled for 20:30 at the Calderón.

After the first round, the 19 matches played provide statistics that speak of the consistency displayed by the team. The ten goals scored by Griezmann and the eight conceded by Oblak are noteworthy.

Atlético’s captain is on the podium of the foreign players with more games played in our history, behind Perea (314) and Griffa (288).

Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann were in charge of answering the media at the end of the match.

The win at Balaídos puts Atlético as the leader at the end of the first round but Simeone is not distracted by it. True to his philosophy, he already has Thursday’s Cup match against Rayo in mind.