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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22556384" data-attributes="member: 158020">Atletico Madrid 3 Elche 0 (4-1 agg): Torres double sees Simeone's men cruise through<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/29/22/46D1C2A500000578-5130409-image-a-1_1511993429370.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A Fernando Torres double helped Atletico Madrid comfortably beat  Elche 3-0 to secure Copa del Rey progression with a 4-1 aggregate  triumph.Atletico were only able to come away from last month's first leg with  a 1-1 draw, but they never looked in danger of being on the end of an  upset at the Wanda Metropolitano, with Torres scoring twice in a strong  performance. Diego  Simeone refused to jeopardise progression by playing an inexperienced  team like he did in the away leg and his side looked focused as a result  in making it four wins from their last five games.   Initially  they wasted opportunities and began to look frustrated, but Jose Maria  Gimenez finally ended Elche's resistance with a header at the back post  in the 31st minute.And their second followed shortly after, with Torres producing a fine finish for his first goal at the Wanda Metropolitano.The  chances continued to flow for Atleti and although wasteful finishing  again surfaced after the break, Torres finally doubled his tally in the  68th minute to make absolutely sure of their qualification for the last  16.Atletico were quick out of the blocks and almost broke the deadlock  after just three minutes, but Luciano Vietto – enjoying a rare start –  shot just wide of the left-hand post from a tight angle after a fine run  in from the right flank.Elche had to rely on the post to save them just before the  half-hour mark, with Koke's 30-yard drive smacking against the frame of  the goal.But there was to be no denying Gimenez soon after,  however, as the Uruguay defender stealthily appeared behind the Elche  defence at a corner and headed just inside the right-hand post.And with their very next attack, Atleti added a second.Guille  Vallejo failed to hold on to Yannick Carrasco's long-range effort and  Torres was there to pounce on the rebound, tucking in from a tight  angle.The wasteful Vietto should have extended the lead just before the  break, but he fired over from the centre of the box after Torres'  cut-back.Things were similarly one-sided after the break and Atletico  should have gone three up shortly after the restart, but Nicolas Gaitan  could only find the side-netting after a fine flowing move.Atletico then began to sit back a little more and invite pressure in the hope of catching Elche on the break.And  they almost did so in the 64th minute, as Gaitan darted in from the  left, skipped past a couple of challenges and fed Thomas Partey into the  right side of the area, only for his squared pass to be cut out at the  last moment.   An  even better chance fell to Torres soon after, with Vietto teeing him up  with an easy finish from 12 yards, yet he inexplicably scuffed wide.He  made amends a few moments later, though, slamming past Vallejo from  close range after being released by substitute Sime Vrsaljko.Torres  almost got his hat-trick 10 minutes from the end, but Vallejo made a  brilliant save down to his right to deny the striker, as in-form  Atletico settled for a three-goal victory.</blockquote>

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