Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are playing a glorified friendly on deadline day for reasons no one can ascertain.
Chelsea Vs. Atletico Madrid, UEFA Super Cup 2012: Falcao, Atletico Run Wild Over Chelsea 4-1
The 2012 edition of the UEFA Super Cup, pitting the current Champions League holder Chelsea against the current Europa League holder Atletico Madrid was indeed super...in an incredibly lopsided way. Chelsea looked listless and disinterested, and Atletico took advantage riding a Falcao hat trick to a 4-1 thrashing of the Blues.
Atletico Madrid came out of the gates like a concert fan who’s first through the entrance with a ticket for the general admission section right in front of the stage. In the 4th minute, Falcao redirected a cross from Filipe Kasmirski off the bottom of the bar that just missed going in. Fortunately for Atletico fans, Falcao subscribes to the “if at first you don’t succeed, try try again” motto. Just two minutes later Falcao split the Cheslea defense and ran down a beautiful ball over the top of the back line. He took his time and chipped Cech to the far post, deflecting the ball off the post and in to the net, despite a great effort from Luiz to keep it out.
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