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The Atletico Madrid Origin Stories of the Great Strikers Part 4: Fernando Torres

It was coming to an end in a fashion that many Atletico Madrid matches have done under Diego Simeone.

As the clock was running down against Eibar, the hosts were ahead by one goal—after coming back from a goal down to take that lead—and as they sought to protect that advantage, it suddenly became apparent they could score again.

Then two substitutes combined.

Luciano Vietto got free down the left flank, and his low ball across the face of goal was turned in at the back post by Fernando Torres.

It was a poacher’s strike, nothing remarkable—something only made possible by his clever movement inside the six-yard box.