Diego Simeone: An Important Escape!

A fierce opponent of the fight involved Atletico fellow contestant La Liga it. Forces of Diego Simeone scored twice through the action of Antoine Griezmann (49 minutes) and Angel Correa (61 ').

Las Palmas is very tough because of the dramatic victory lock via goals Marko Livaja (57 ' and 87 ') and Mateo Garcia (90 + 3 ').

Resistance of Las Palmas anyway still failed to prevent Atletico advanced to the quarter-finals. Griezmann cs pocketed a ticket because of the prominence of the aggregate 4-3.

In the first duel, Atletico won 2-0 at home to Las Palmas. Related combination of bitter moment in Calderon is, the most important thing is to assess the Simeone troops escaped to the following phase.

"Never fun when the team loses, but positive advance to quarterfinals outweigh the negative elements of this defeat. I take a lot of positive things through this match, "said Simeone in Marca.

Coach Argentina aged 46 years that highlight the progress of his team who are prone to break down at the last minute.

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It causes Las Palmas turn things around via a late goal Livaja and Garcia.

"We had a good game to 40-minute second half. The last five minutes were not good. We certainly try to constantly improve themselves. I am not surprised at the dramatic events like this happened in the Copa del Rey, "he said.

Simeone also missed praise strikernya, Griezmann, who continues to show off sharpness after crisis hit the goals for two months in the period of the end of 2016.

After the turn of the year, the 25-year-old attacker was never absent in three goals to make the last party.

Griezmann respectively defeated the goal of Las Palmas on the first round of 16 duel Copa (3/1/2017), Eibar in La Liga (7/1/2017), and now Las Palmas again.

"The moment he scored, Griezmann seems to play better. However, there are some matches where he did not make a goal even though the scoresheet. Of course, for us it's better if he's offered the goals, "said Simeone again.

Earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo has collected titles with similar values, such as the Ballon d'Or (2008, 2016), FIFA Ballon d'Or (2013, 2014), and FIFA World Player of the Year (2008).

However, the trophy this time is the latest innovation from FIFA.

"Yes, this is a first for me. A beautiful trophy, "said Ronaldo in an exclusive interview with FIFA.com, Tuesday (10/1/2017).

"For the first time FIFA gave the award making it increasingly feels special. Great honor for me can accept it, "said the player called CR7 it.

Ex Manchester United icon is pointing to one the most valuable moments along the 2016.

"Winning The European Cup. I think it was the peak of my career, "said Ronaldo.

"Without prejudice to my gratitude for another trophy, the Champions League and the Club World Cup, but the European Cup is special because it is the first title in the history of Portugal," he said again.

Via its official Twitter account, Ronaldo also share the joy by saying, "very excited to be awarded The Best FIFA. This achievement would not materialize without my teammate, coach, and you who have always supported me every day. Thank you all. " In the second round of 16 match, Atletico lost 2-3 from Las Palmas, Tuesday (10/1/2017) or the early hours of Wednesday. However, the club called Los Rojiblancos continued to get away with 4-3 on aggregate.

Compete in the Vicente Calderon, Atletico had trouble facing the Las Palmas who is currently ranked the 8th provisional League standings. The new host was able to break the deadlock in the second half.

Antoine Griezmann open victory Came at minute 49. He moves faster than your opponent's Defender, Aythami Artiles, to welcome feedback Nicolas Gaitan and bust goal Raul Lizoain.

Marko Livaja forced a 1-1 draw score at minute 57. With the ability of the individual, he passed the two Defender past Atletico goalkeeper Atletico conquer, Miguel Moya.

. It materialized in the late game.

Livaja and Mateo Ezequiel Garcia managed to turn things around and became superior of Las Palmas 3-2. However, Las Palmas cannot search for fourth and goal remain marginalized with a 4-3 aggregate.