Match Report: Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid will try to solidify their position at the top of the standings when facing a challenge from Real Madrid in the continued La Liga at Wanda Metropolitano, Sunday (7/3) early morning WIB.

Los Rojiblancos lead the standings with a score of 58 from 24 matches, two points ahead of nearest competitor Barcelona. Meanwhile, Madrid is still stuck in third place with a collection of 53 points from 25 matches.

The first meeting of the two clubs belonged to Zinedine Zidane’s fleet which ended the match 2-0 thanks to Casemiro’s goal and Jan Oblak’s own suicide.

Lineups of Players

ATLETICO MADRID (3-4-2-1): Jan Oblak; Stefan Savic, Felipe, Mario Hermoso; Kieran Trippier, Marcos Llorente, Koke, Yannick Carrasco; Angel Correa, Thomas Lemar; Luis Suarez.

Cadangan: Sime Vrsaljko, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Renan Lodi, Vitolo, Lucas Torreira, Saul Niguez, Moussa Dembele, Joao Felix, Ivo Grbic.

REAL MADRID (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois; Lucas Vazquez, Raphael Varane, Nacho, Ferland Mendy; Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modric; Rodrygo Goes, Karim Benzema (c), Marco Asensio.

Cadangan: Marcelo, Federico Valverde, Eder Militao, Andriy Lunin, Isco, Vinicius Junior, Alvaro Odriozola, Hugo Duro, Diego Altube.

Summary

Atletico vs Madrid – Curated tweets by GOAL_ID

The course of the match

1. FIRST HALF KICK-OFF!

4. Do you know? Atletico have failed to score against Madrid in the last three La Liga games (335 minutes), since Antoine Griezmann’s goal in February 2019.

14. Madrid spent the last few minutes in control of the ball, but had not yet gained the momentum to launch attacks on the hosts’ goal.

16. GOAL! Marcos Llorente’s sweet bait was completed by Luis Suarez’s horizontal shot in the penalty box. The ball along the ground was unable to reach Thibaut Courtois.

17. Kans Madrid! Los Blancos immediately looked for a return goal, but Benzema’s first-time shot ricocheted off the ground and was easily caught by Jan Oblak.

29. Madrid opportunity! The visitors again spread threats, this time coming from the feet of Casemiro who shot a volley from 18 meters but Oblak still managed to tame him.

35. Madrid have had more shots so far – five in three – but it is Atletico who have been more dangerous in threatening the opposing goal.

41. A cross from the side led to the post near the Madrid goal and was followed by a volley from Suarez, which was too weak for Courtois to catch.

44. No penalty! Felipe is considered to have done handball when he wanted to head the ball in front of the goal. But after reviewing the VAR, the referee didn’t award Madrid a penalty!

HT. ATLETICO MADRID 1-0 REAL MADRID

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