Uruguayan Federico Valverde celebrates his goal in the derby. Photo: REUTERS / Susana Vera
Real Madrid won the classic in the Spanish capital against Atlético de Madrid at the Civitas Metropolitano (1-2). Ancelotti’s men affirmed their strength with goals from Brazilian Rodrygo Goes and Uruguayan Fede Valverde in the first half and remained the absolute leader of the Liga Santander.
After Barcelona had placed first Saturday with the victory against Elche, Real Madrid regained control with two points clear of azulgranas and three points over Betis, who also came out with flying colors against Girona (2-1).
Real Madrid played a very serious derby. Even without the French Karim Benzema as an offensive reference, the Brazilians Rodrygo and Vinicius – both ‘danced’ after the opening goal – and the Uruguayan Fede Valverde, who decided the game in the first period, were decisive once again. Then he was able to manage the advantage until he ended up suffering something on the rebound that ended in Mario Hermoso’s goal.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team withstood the pressure of the stadium, too high after all that had been talked about Vinicius’ celebrations and a possible dance at the Metropolitano, and was able to exploit its strength, reflected in Rodrygo’s goals, after a magnificent pass by the French Aurélien Tchouameni in the 18 ‘and by Valverde, when in the 36’ of the first half he collects the rejection of the post on a shot by Vinicius.
It was the prize for the good device exhibited by Real Madrid against an Atlético that this time had the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann as owner and who lacked that success and more continuity in his game to dismantle the eternal rival.
However, those of Diego Pablo Simeone, who became the manager with the most games in Atlético’s history in the First Division, did not give up and found a glimmer of hope with Hermoso’s goal, almost a shoulder rebound seven minutes from final, but was not followed up and gave up a game that leaves him eight points behind the leader.
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Borja Iglesias justified the first call of the first team with a brace that made Betis fly. His goals from him seal the comeback against Girona (2-1) and confirm his strength at Benito Villamarín, where he won all four games played.
Míchel Sánchez’s team, sent off after 21 minutes, showed up and in some moments exceeded the block of Chilean Manuel Pellegrini. He even took the lead early with Arnau Martínez after a magnificent pass from Miguel Gutiérrez (m.7).
Instead, a penalty by the Colombian Bernardo Espinosa on the young Rodri Sánchez, protested by the Catalan team, began to change the course of the clash. Borja Iglesias did not forgive (m.15), nor did he do it in the second half when he took advantage of an error in the passage of the opponents to go on the break alone and score low (m.71).
On the contrary, El Sadar fort fell, where Osasuna until now had life insurance. They gave up their first home defeat of the season to Getafe (0-2), which combined their second consecutive win.
A goal from Juan Iglesias after half an hour and the dismissal of Argentinian Chimy Ávila just before half-time were too much for Jagoba Arrasate’s side. Uruguayan Gastón Álvarez closes the game with almost a quarter of an hour to go.
Despite this, the Navarrese remains in the upper zone, fifth, with one point more than Villarreal, who equaled one against Sevilla in a duel with a European flavor that, however, did not allow the relaunch of either of them. teams. , in particular the Andalusian team, placed very far from the positions it aspires to at this start of the season.
Óliver Torres, after a pass from Isco Alarcón, soon took the lead from Julen Lopetegui’s men, who held out until the second half. But Álex Baena, who had replaced the Argentine Giovani Lo Celso after half an hour, got the draw (m.51).
Villarreal went further and gradually Sevilla got into more trouble. The referee also signaled a penalty for Alex Telles’ foul on Yeremy Pino in the 80th minute, but canceled it at the request of the VAR for offside. In extra time, Dutchman Arnaut Danjuma and José Luis Morales scored the second goal, but the failure and Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic prevented them from doing so.
Real Sociedad, another contender for European places, found victory at the Reale Arena by beating Espanyol 2-1 with the goals of the Norwegian Alexander Sorloth and Brais Mendez, and Edu Expósito for the Catalans, all in the first half hour. The mistakes behind condemned Diego Martínez’s team once again.
With information from EFE
Source: Clarin
