Saponjic premiered with Atlético de Madrid at the twenty-ninth game
The match of the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey against the Leonese Cultural supposed this Thursday the premiere with the Atlético de Madrid of the Serbian striker Ivan Saponjic, to the twenty-ninth meeting of the season, unpublished in the previous 28 until he jumped into the field in the 59th minute.
Substitute for the end Víctor Machín, ‘Vitolo', then it was the first time that coach Diego Simeone toured him, who had not counted on him in any clash and had only included him among the 18 summoned in nine of the 28 official competition duels disputed, since his signing last summer coming from Benfica B.
On many occasions, in addition, he stayed out of the technician's citation even if there was a need for strikers, as demonstrated by the call of attackers of the subsidiary as Rodrigo Riquelme, Darío Poveda or Sergio Camello, that yes they had already played with the first team in this course, before him in some crashes. With 1-1 on the scoreboard, he had two chances in the 87 and 90 minutes, but the goalkeeper Giffard He responded with two good stops. Then, in the extension, the Cultural scored 2-1 and the Athletic It was eliminated.
