Atletico Madrid cruise into King's Cup semis

[Folami David]

Atletico Madrid set up a King's Cup semifinal with Sevilla after drawing 1-1 at their city rivals Real Betis to advance 3-1 on aggregate on Thursday.
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Diego Costa scored a valuable away goal, to add to last week's 2-0 victory at the Calderon, after a dreadful misunderstanding in the Betis defence just before halftime.
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Chasing a long punt over the top Betis defender Antonio Amaya did not see his keeper Casto Espinosa had raced out the area and he headed the ball past him allowing Costa to run through and tap into an empty net.
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La Liga's second-placed team Atletico successfully stifled their hosts until they gave away a penalty in the final minute to concede their first goal in six games in this season's cup competition.