High-flying Atletico knock Valencia out of Cup


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 15 Jan 2014

Atletico Madrid's Raul Garcia (R) celebrates a goal with his teammate Tiago Mendes during their Spanish King's Cup soccer match against Valencia at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid January 14, 2014. REUTERS/Juan Medina

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Second-half headers from Diego Godin and Raul Garcia gave holders Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win over Valencia and a place in the King's Cup quarter-finals by 3-1 on aggregate.

Atletico, fresh from a draw with Barcelona at the weekend that kept them level on points with the champions at the top of La Liga, are still chasing titles on three fronts with their Champions League campaign resuming next month.

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