Copa del Rey: Real Madrid 2-2 Atletico Madrid - 5 talking points

Two goals, inside the first minute in each half, by Fernando Torres was enough for Atletico to win 4-2 on aggregate and secure safe  passage into the quarter final of the Copa del Rey. After opening the scoring inside the opening minute of the game, the visitors had their backs to the wall for the rest of the half as the home side poured forward in search of a goal.Sergio Ramos’ header brought the tie level, but Torres’ goal in the first minute of the second half made it 4-1 to Atletico. Although Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 34th goal of the season, Atletico hung on.Here are the major talking points:

#1 Lack of concentration costs Real the tie

Having lost 2-0 in the first leg, Los Blancos had a mountain to climb if they were to go through to the quarter-finals. But if any side could score three goals, it is this Real side who average almost four goals in the last three months. But although they created plenty of chances in the first half, it was their inability to concentrate at the back that led to their tame exit.

If conceding a goal inside the first minute of the game was bad, then repeating the same in the second half is simply criminal. Once Torres' second went in, the task went from improbable to almost impossible. Scoring four goals against Atletico isn't easy, even more so when you have to do it inside 45 minutes. Although Ronaldo scored quickly afterwards, this was a mountain that become too big to climb, even for a side of Real's attacking prowess.