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Atlético de Madrid will attempt to consolidate their position at the top of the standings when they face a challenge from Real Madrid in the continuation of La Liga at Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday (7/3) WIB early in the morning.
Los Rojiblancos lead the standings with a score of 58 in 24 games, two points ahead of their closest competitor, Barcelona. Meanwhile, Madrid remains stuck in third place with a collection of 53 points from 25 games.
The first meeting of the two clubs belonged to Zinedine Zidane’s fleet that ended the match 2-0 thanks to Casemiro’s goal and the suicide of Jan Oblak himself.
Player lineups
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 Vázquez, 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
Atlético vs Madrid – Tweets selected by GOAL_ID
The course of the match
1. FIRST SEMESTER DEPARTURE!
Four. Did you know? Atlético have been unable 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 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 hook was completed by Luis Suárez’s horizontal shot in the penalty area. The ball on the ground could not reach Thibaut Courtois.
17. Kans Madrid! The Whites immediately looked for a return goal, but Benzema’s first shot bounced off the ground and was easily caught by Jan Oblak.
29. Madrid opportunity! The visitors again scattered threats, this time coming from the feet of Casemiro who fired a volley from 18 meters but Oblak still managed to tame him.
35. Madrid have had more shots so far, five out of three, but it is Atlético that has been the most dangerous by threatening the opposing goal.
41. A lateral cross carried the post close to Madrid’s goal and was followed by a volley from Suárez, which was too weak for Courtois to catch.
44. No penalty! It is considered that Felipe did handball when he wanted to head the ball in front of the goal. But after reviewing the VAR, the referee did not sanction Madrid a penalty!
HT. ATLETICO MADRID 1-0 REAL MADRID
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