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Thomas Partey's Atletico Madrid dumped out of Copa Del Rey

January 16, 2019 9:20 PM

Thomas Partey's Atletico Madrid are out of the Copa del Rey after Girona secured a 3-3 second-leg draw at Wanda Metropolitano to reach the quarter-finals on away goals.

Thomas Partey

The Ghanaian international was given a starting berth by Diego Simeone at the heart of the midfield alongside Saul Niguez.

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Substitute Borja Garcia's shot fired in off Seydou Doumbia in the 88th minute to undo Antoine Griezmann's inspirational rescue act and hand Diego Simeone's men a heart-breaking exit from a tournament they last won in 2013.

Griezmann, introduced on the hour, had only moments previously completed a quickfire Atletico comeback by lashing them into the lead after helping Angel Correa level the scores inside 90 minutes.

But Girona - who earlier overturned Nikola Kalinic's first-half opener thanks to goals from Valery Fernandez and Cristhian Stuani - recovered to incredibly snatch back the ascendancy as a 4-4 aggregate draw saw them through.

Partey featured in the first leg clash which ended 1-1 last week.

He has made 23 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals.

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