Europa League
November 8, 2012
Academi
2 - 0
Atletico
Group B
13:00 EST, November 8, 2012
Estadio Cidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Referee: Lee Probert
Watch Live on: ESPNDeportes
Académica de Coimbra 2-0 Atlético Madrid
Scoring Summary
| Academica de Coimbra | Atletico Madrid |
|---|---|
| Eduardo Da Costa Wilson (29') | |
| Eduardo Da Costa Wilson (pen 70') |
Teams
| Academica de Coimbra | Atletico Madrid |
|---|---|
| 12 Ricardo | 1 Sergio Asenjo |
| 13 Joao Real | 3 Filipe Kasmirski |
| 2 Manuel Joao Dias | 18 Daniel Díaz |
| 26 Nivaldo | 17 Silvio |
| 8 Leandro Makelele | 12 Pulido |
| 6 Alphousseyni Keita | 5 Tiago |
| 7 Tomas Rui Correia Marinho | 8 Raúl García |
| 4 Nunes Flavio Ferreira | 4 Mario Suárez |
| 20 Rafael Cleyton | 6 Koke |
| 28 Eduardo Da Costa Wilson | 28 Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez |
| 92 Salim Cisse | 7 Adrián |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Romuald Peiser | Thibaut Courtois 13 |
| 35 Ferreira | Domingo 15 |
| 14 Manuel Rodrigues Bruno China | Javi Manquillo 26 |
| 30 John Ogu | Abdelkader Ouelasti 42 |
| 36 Arnaldo Edinho | Belozoglu Emre 21 |
| 77 Afonso | Pedro Martín 27 |
| Ndoye Momar 41 | |
| Substitutions | |
| Afonso for Tomas Rui Correia Marinho (70) | Pedro Martín for Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez (46) |
| Manuel Rodrigues Bruno China for Alphousseyni Keita (79) | Belozoglu Emre for Mario Suárez (58) |
| Arnaldo Edinho for Salim Cisse (84) | Abdelkader Ouelasti for Tiago (71) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Eduardo Da Costa Wilson (13) | Silvio (47) |
| Nivaldo (41) | Raúl García (54) |
| Rafael Cleyton (58) | Daniel Díaz (76) |
| Nunes Flavio Ferreira (83) | |
| Leandro Makelele (90) | |
| · Rosters: Academica de Coimbra | Atletico Madrid | |
Academica snapped Atletico Madrid's 16-game winning run in European competitions thanks to a goal either side of half-time by Wilson Eduardo.
Diego Simeone made nine changes from the side that lost for the first time this season at Valencia on Saturday and he finally paid for resting his stars in the Europa League as the Portuguese side taught the holders a lesson in taking their chances.
Eduardo pounced on Marinho's excellent ball in to slide past Sergio Asenjo on 28 minutes and the same player sealed the points from the penalty spot 21 minutes from time after Jorge Pulido had brought down Salim Cisse.
Victory keeps Academica's hopes of qualification alive as they move on to four points, whilst Viktoria Plzen and Atletico continue to lead Group B on nine.
Despite making so many changes it was Atleti that had the better of the early stages with Raul Garcia first to threaten but his effort at the end of a flowing move involving Koke and Adrian was bravely deflected over by Joao Real.
The home side then went ahead midway through the half as Silvio was caught sleeping at the back post and Eduardo nipped in front of his man to calmly steer the ball beyond Asenjo.
Atleti started brightly again after the break and Ricardo had to produce a fine save to turn away Koke's effort from the edge of the area before substitute Pedro Martin had appeals from a penalty turned down.
Emre Belozoglu and Garcia saw further efforts fly just off target but the game was settled on 69 minutes when Pulido naively dived in on Cisse inside the area and Eduardo sent Asenjo the wrong way from the resulting spot-kick.