Seven years later, Atletico Madrid is back in the Copa del Rey semifinals.
Memphis Depay scored in the second half and video review called back a penalty for Sevilla in stoppage time as Atletico held on for a 1-0 victory Thursday to reach the last four for the first time since 2017.
Atletico joins Athletic Bilbao, Mallorca and Real Sociedad in the semifinals. The matchups, which will be played on home-and-away series, will be determined on Friday.
“We expected a tight match like this, with few scoring chances, but in the end we found a way to break through and get the victory, which is the only thing that matters,” Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak said.
“Hopefully we can win this Copa title again after so many years.”
Sevilla thought it had a chance to send the match into extra time when Érik Lamela was brought down inside the area by Pablo Barrios five minutes into stoppage time, but the referee was called by video review and eventually determined there was no foul.
“It was a tough match, a lot of things happened,” Sevilla defender Marcao said.
“If I say what I think here, I’ll be suspended for two or three months.”
The loss dealt another blow to Sevilla, which was coming off a 5-1 defeat to Girona in the Spanish league, where it sits just outside the relegation zone. It has lost eight of its last 11 matches in all competitions.
Sevilla coach Quique Sánchez Flores said the match shouldn’t have been played after three Sevilla fans died in a car accident on their way to Madrid earlier Thursday. The coach appeared in the post-match news conference but said he would not talk about the match, only send his condolences.
“We lost on a day in which we are mourning the loss of these fans who were coming to the match,” he said.
“I don’t feel like making any analysis about the game.”
Atletico extended its unbeaten run at home to 26 matches, since a 1-0 loss to Barcelona last January.