Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium in Madrid is the place where Real Madrid got a visit from Atletico Madrid for a new La Liga city derby.
Real Madrid is riding the tip of the wave on this revival tour in European football and Atletico Madrid was next in line for them. Los Blancos were coming from massive games in which they required to win or get eliminated from the Champions League. In La Liga, they needed to defeat the Colchoneros if they wanted to get closer to the top of the table.
Every time we get to watch a derby of this kind, all bets are off between both squads. It doesn’t matter how well or how terribly they were doing prior to this game. From the first minute of the game, it was evident Zidane’s players were trying to get the result. Casemiro scored the opener during a corner kick after Varan and Ramos got all the attention from the defense during a corner kick.
Carvajal seals the victory for Real Madrid.
The second half was more of the same for Real Madrid. They dominated through and through with Diego Simeone completely outplayed by Zidane in a tactical sense. Daniel Carvajal scored the second and final goal of the game with a beautiful volley from outside of the pitch.
This result leaves Real Madrid within three points from the top of the table. All they need to do is defeat Athletic Club Bilbao in the middle of next week. If there is a lesson to be learned from this experience is one. You can’t underestimate Zinedine Zidane’s squads regardless of their current situation.
Player ratings
Real Madrid: Courtois (8), Carvajal (8), Varane (7), Ramos (8), Lucas (9), Mendy (8), Modric (8), Kroos (8), Casemiro (8), Vinicius (6), Benzema (7).
Bench: Rodrygo (7), Asensio (7), Valverde (8).
Atletico Madrid: Oblak (7), Savic (4), Trippier (4), Felipe (4), Hermoso (6), Herrera (6), Koke (5), Carrasco (5), Llorente (6), Suarez (5), Felix (5).
Bench: Correa (5), Lodi (5), Lemar (5), Saul (5), Kondogbia (5).
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