A group of 46,800 observed as the previous Liverpool and Chelsea striker came back to the club where he started his career.A charge from Atletico's Raul Garcia, soon after he had been fouled, and Jose Maria Gimenez's header closed the acquire.But Torres was calm and was exchanged after 59 min as the Spanish champions defeat the European champions.The 30-yr-old, who signed on loan from Italian side AC Milan a week ago week, was Atletico's best scorer for 5 consecutive seasons before he joined Liverpool in 2007.More than 45,000 lovers had joined the Vicente Calderon on Sunday when Torres was paraded, with 2,000 t-shirts decorated with his name selling within twenty four hours.But his next debut didn't match the nonsense as he often identified himself pursuing balls close to the touchline or in an offside location.Certainly,Atletico's opening goal - from Garcia's well-taken penalty after he had been fouled simply by Sergio Ramos - was their 1st shot on target and came only one min before Torres was substituted simply by Koke.In a game of few possibilities, Real's Sergio Ramos had a header rescued in the opening min and Gareth Bale, who scored the success for Real in their 2-1 win against Barcelona in the 2014 Copa Del Rey final, had a headed work banned for offside.Atletico, who final won the competition in 2013, doubled their lead in the 76th min as Gimenez headed in a corner.They now perform Barcelona in La Liga on Weekend, before the 2nd leg at Real's Bernabeu on 15 Jan.The winners of the tie will deal with either Barcelona or Elche in the quarter-finals.
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