All or nothing. Atlético and Real Madrid face off for the second time in the history of women’s football with the third place, which gives access to the Champions League, at stake. The rojiblanco team, eliminated from the European competition on Wednesday by Chelsea, is forced to beat the madridistas to take away their position in the table in a duel that seems decisive.
“It is a very important game, but not a final”, replicas the Van Dongen mattress defense in AS. Three points separate those of Aznar from those of Sánchez Vera, which today will be covered by their fans (with limited capacity) at the Wanda de Alcalá Sports Center.
The Dutch points to headline in a defensive line that will have the difficult task of neutralizing one of the fastest soccer players in the Primera Iberdrola, Sofia Jakobsson. “I’ve been thinking about how to defend it for two days,” acknowledges Van Dongen. And it is that Atlético has to do the rest to fulfill its objective of repeating participation in the Champions League next season. For it, It is more than likely that Sánchez Vera will recover Captain Amanda in his eleven, that he did not play for a minute against Chelsea.
While, Real Madrid want to win their first derby (In the first round the victory was rojiblanco) and, incidentally, settle in third place and cut distances with Levante, second, that yesterday tied against Betis. Asllani and Olga Carmona are two of the novelties of a long list of 23 summoned. Coach Aznar will look for a first prestigious triumph against a great of women’s football.
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Depor and Santa Teresa achieved two important victories yesterday against Rayo and Espanyol, respectively. The blue and white team stops being bottom and the Badajoz comes out of relegation. In addition to the Madrid derby, five other games complete matchday 22. The leader Barça closes it by receiving Valencia at home.
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