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Atlético de Madrid very serious in all his lines he solved his debut in the Copa del Rey this Wednesday with a clear victory by 0-3 against the modest Cardassar, of Third division, with goals from Thomas Lemar, Ricard Sánchez and Sime Vrsaljko.
Much good news in which another also stood out, that Ivan
Saponjic he had minutes with him again Atlético de Madrid. That a player plays should not be news, but in his case it is because the Serbian striker did not have minutes since last August 7. That had been five months and 9 days.
This season he still hadn't had a single chance, not even when the Athletic ran out Coast neither Suarez. Even then, he was last in line for a Simeone that gave minutes to Sergio Camello ahead of him.
For Saponjic, U-20 world champion with Serbia, the Cup seemed like one of the few opportunities he was going to have in this course.
Simeone He was happy with the fact that the player had minutes. “The group was very happy for him. With Ivan We have spoken with him many times and he continues to work, striving, he entered very well, he worked with presence. He participated, made a good uncheck and a good center to Camel and hopefully I can continue growing and I contributed to us ”, he said about the Serbian's match.
And it is that indeed, the forward had a couple of good actions, a shot that was deflected, but above all a pass to Camel that was about to be a goal.
He has only had minutes in four games in a year and a half. 54 minutes against Cultural
Leonesa in the Copa del Rey (2-1), three before Leganes in League, another three against him Celtic and these 21 in front of the Cardassar.