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Real (Madrid) inflicted the first defeat on teammate Atlético in the derby of the 13th round of the Spanish First Division. The symbolic guests added 8 wins, draws and only two goals before today’s clash
The match at the Alfredo di Stefano training stadium started under pressure from the hosts.
In the sixth minute Modric fired unprepared from about 20 meters and the ball went one meter from the crossbar at the start. In the ninth minute, Atlético’s defense made a mistake on a high pressure from their rival and Benzema received the ball on the edge of the penalty area. The French forward shot hard into the near corner, Jan Oblak managed to lightly touch the ball with one hand and the ball bounced off the crossbar.
A minute later, Benzema had another chance, this time at the far post, but he didn’t expect the ball to hit him and didn’t react adequately.
In the 15th minute, the pressure from Real paid off. Kroos crossed from a corner and Kazemiro scored completely open with a header from ten meters for the 1: 0.
Towards the middle of the first half, the “mattresses” became more active, but they never reached Thibaut Courtois’ door. La Real managed to control the game well, although it did not create new scoring situations.
After the end of the first part, Koke and Vinicius walked away, but there were no more serious excesses after they calmed down.
Simeone reacted and released Ángel Correa, Toma Lemar and Renan Lodi.
In the 50th minute Mario Hermoso made a brutal mistake, returning to Karim Benzema. He continued on to Tony Kroos, who was fouled by Korea on the edge of the penalty area. Sergio Ramos missed the good opportunity by shooting at the wall.
In the 63rd minute the hosts scored the second goal. The ball was cleared after a corner, Danny Carvajal controlled his chest and shot very hard from about 25 meters. The ball drifted off the crossbar, then met Cloud’s sinking back and crossed the goal line – 2: 0.
After this important success, the Real rose to third place with 23 points, 3 behind the Atlético leader. the “mattresses” have played one less game.
Huesca with the first victory of the season after three points against Alavés
Xavi Onteros scored a nice goal
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