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Falcao inspires Atletico to victory
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September 28, 2012, Friday
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ATLETICO Madrid won 4-2 at nine-man Real Betis to rise to second place in the Spanish league on Wednesday, with Radamel Falcao scoring a double to become the leading scorer in the competition this season.
Betis took a 2-1 advantage into halftime after having the good fortune to score off a pair of passes that ended up finding the back of the net. But Falcao answered both times to take his league tally to seven goals.
Diego Costa and Raul Garcia then netted to ensure undefeated Atletico its fourth straight victory through five rounds.
Falcao's goals puts him one ahead of Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, while Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has only scored three times so far.
"I never said I wanted to compete with Cristiano and Messi," said Falcao. "I want to score goals to help my team. Nothing else. We are competing with 19 teams, not just Madrid and Barcelona. We have high hopes to do good things after this strong start to the season."
Betis forward Salvador Agra's long pass in the 25th caught Atletico goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo anticipating Ruben Castro's run, leaving him out of position to intercept the ball as it crossed his area and fell in the far corner of the goal.
Falcao stretched to redirect in Garcia's low pass to level for the visitors three minutes later. Those two players then forced one-handed saves from goalkeeper Casto Espinosa as Atletico pressed forward.
But it was Betis that went back in front when Juan Carlos Perez's pass took a deflection off Atletico defender Juanfran Torres and looped over Asenjo for a goal just before halftime.
The game swung back in Atletico's favor three minutes after the restart. Damien Perquis was shown a direct red card for fouling Falcao in the box, leaving Betis a man down and without the lead after the Colombia international rolled in the spot kick.
It was Falcao's 10th goal through six games in all competitions for Atletico this season.
Betis took a 2-1 advantage into halftime after having the good fortune to score off a pair of passes that ended up finding the back of the net. But Falcao answered both times to take his league tally to seven goals.
Diego Costa and Raul Garcia then netted to ensure undefeated Atletico its fourth straight victory through five rounds.
Falcao's goals puts him one ahead of Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, while Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has only scored three times so far.
"I never said I wanted to compete with Cristiano and Messi," said Falcao. "I want to score goals to help my team. Nothing else. We are competing with 19 teams, not just Madrid and Barcelona. We have high hopes to do good things after this strong start to the season."
Betis forward Salvador Agra's long pass in the 25th caught Atletico goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo anticipating Ruben Castro's run, leaving him out of position to intercept the ball as it crossed his area and fell in the far corner of the goal.
Falcao stretched to redirect in Garcia's low pass to level for the visitors three minutes later. Those two players then forced one-handed saves from goalkeeper Casto Espinosa as Atletico pressed forward.
But it was Betis that went back in front when Juan Carlos Perez's pass took a deflection off Atletico defender Juanfran Torres and looped over Asenjo for a goal just before halftime.
The game swung back in Atletico's favor three minutes after the restart. Damien Perquis was shown a direct red card for fouling Falcao in the box, leaving Betis a man down and without the lead after the Colombia international rolled in the spot kick.
It was Falcao's 10th goal through six games in all competitions for Atletico this season.
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