Royal Chronicle | Drawn in a derby of global “shame” (1-1)

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Atlético and Real Madrid tied in the derby, in a match that had to be suspended due to objects being thrown by Atlético fans. Militao made it 0-1 and Correa tied in the 95th minute. Llorente saw the red cardboard

He Real Madrid visited the Metropolitan Cívitas to play the Madrid derby against Atlético de Madridcorresponding to matchday 8 of the League championship. The whites were returning to the stage where they lost the last time, specifically a year ago. Since then, that September 24 marked a before and after in the impressive streak that Carlo Ancelotti’s team has maintained undefeated in the domestic tournament.

39 days without knowing defeat, with a balance of 28 wins and 10 draws, some numbers that only Real Madrid is capable of achieving. “It’s going to be a very difficult game”assured the Italian coach in the Valdebebas press room, before the media, in the preview of the two teams from the capital.

They returned to the call for the derby Camavingaafter a month and a half of injury, and Carvajalwho did not play due to rest against Alavés. Of course, the French, Kylian Mbappé, The duel was lost due to the injury he suffered in the femoral biceps of his left leg, which It led to Luka Modric starting the game, and Jude Bellingham advancing his position, the one that allowed him to score 24 goals and give 12 assists last season.

On the red and white side, Simeone’s team, Atlético arrived with 48 hours less rest regarding the last league match. This made criticism avalanche about the calendar and the supposed “benefit” that Real Madrid would have, when in the last derbies, the trend has always been the other way around: the Madrid team has been the team that has had the fewest hours of rest between match and match with the derby on the horizon.

Maximum equality in the Metropolitan

The expected hostile reception that Real Madrid had at the Metropolitanoand specifically, one of the biggest stars as he was Vinicius Junioron the part of the red and white fans, tried to remove both from the game, but despite this, the merengue team started the derby very well from the first minute.

Con Valverde as the helm and Modric weaving the game, the three up top looked for the back of the defense again and again. Bellingham He appeared with freedom and surprise on the second line, his first half being one of the best for Madrid (38 passes out of 38 and 100% success) and the Brazilians, Vinicius and Rodrygo, They were in charge of creating danger on the goal defended by Oblak.

The first came from Atlético, specifically Julián Álvarez, who perfectly escaped Rüdiger and shot towards Courtois’ goal, but the Belgian, well positioned, blocked “the spider’s” shot. Madrid responded through Fede Valverde, who did not think twice and, after finding the space, shot powerfully from distance, forcing Oblak to clear it for a corner. the occasion of the charrúa. There was a lot of respect on the part of both teams, but Ancelotti’s team was the one in control in possession.

Viniciusone of the figures that claimed the match, appeared as the minutes passed and the Metropolitano stands whistled in unison every time the Brazilian touched the ball. As a detail, he threw a beautiful tunnel at Conor Gallagher, and the Englishman could only stop him with a foul. There was not much else in the first act, and the protagonists went to the locker room tunnel with The result the same as at the beginning.

«Militazo» and global embarrassment

In the second half, Atlético came out to bite and look for the seams of Carlo Ancelotti’s team. Real Madrid tried to stop the red and white rushand those in white also went for victory and took a step forward. At Atlético, Koke came on for Molina at half-time.

The first opportunity of the second act was Rodrygowho finished completely alone on the edge of the area, after a combination at the exit of a corner between Valverde and Modric. Real Madrid’s “11” shot looking for Oblak’s corner, but his shot went high. The Carioca lamented, because the opportunity was very good.

The red and white team took control of the ball and wanted to take advantage of the whites’ mistakes in the defensive zone. The inaccuracies of Mendy, Militao or Tchouaméni put Real Madrid’s release of the ball at risk. In the 60th minute, Giménez had to be treated for a collision with Rodrygo, but he quickly recovered and returned to the field of play.

In the 65th minute, Real Madrid’s goal came. From the blackboard, Modric took a short shot, touched Vinicius who went into the kitchen and put a cross to the far post, where he appeared Military to finish with a volley and score the first. After the goal, came global shame and embarrassment. Objects such as lighters and bottles began to fall on Courtois’ goal, among others, so the referee suspended the match for 10 minutes, with the players in the locker room tunnel.

After the suspension, the derby resumed and the protagonists returned to the field of play. Vinicius had the second in his boots, in the 73rd minute, after an individual action in which he left the defender and shot with his left foot, but Oblak cleared to a corner kick to save his team.

In the 82nd minute it was Thibaut Courtois who excelled with a save extraordinaryafter a cut from Lino to Militao and a shot that was taken with his left leg. The Belgian responded with a save when it was already a tie at the Metropolitano. came in Lucas Vázquez for Modric, in the 85′and Valverde moved to the middle so that the Galician could reinforce the right wing. Endrick also came on for Vinicius in the 87th minute.

In the final stretch of the game, Endrick had a chance to make it 2-0, this time he played it just like against Stuttgart, but he did not have the same fortune. Bellingham came from the left, but the Brazilian took a gamble. Fran García also came on for Rodrygo, and the referee added 8 minutes.

In the 95th minute, Correa’s goal came, which was previously reviewed for possible offside, but Rüdiger enabled it and the goal went up on the scoreboard.. With one minute remaining, Marcos Llorente saw red, after being reviewed by the VAR, after a tremendous stomp on Fran García. Furthermore, in a clash between Tchouaméni and Le Normand, both were treated because they were sore, and there the match died, with the score tied in a derby marked by global embarrassment.

Technical sheet

Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Molina, Giménez, Le Normand, Reinildo; Llorente, De Paul, Gallagher; Julián Álvarez, Sorloth and Antoine Griezmann.

Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Mendy; Tchouaméni, Valverde, Modric (Lucas Vázquez 85′); Bellingham; Vinicius (Endrick 87′) and Rodrygo (Fran García 90′).

Goals

0-1, Militao (65′) | 1-1, Correa (95′)