Bernabéu baptizes the leader in a noise derby
Real Madrid defends its point in the leadership against an Atlético de Madrid at a good time and after a prior full of controversy
MADRID, 7 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid cross this Saturday (21.00) in the derby of the capital corresponding to the 23rd of LaLig With the Madrid team at the top, but only one point above the rojiblancos, who want to be leaders of the fief of their greatest rival winning in Chamartín in the league almost a decade later.
Santiago Bernabéu hosts this Saturday the Madrid derby in a few weeks convulsed by the arbitration controversy, after, in the 1-0 defeat against RCD Espanyol last weekend, Real Madrid claimed the RFEF for the “serious” serious Arbitral performance “in Cornellà, when understanding the white club that Carlos Romero’s entrance to Kylian Mbappé was a red card, in a decision, according to the club, which exceeded” any margin of human error or interpretation. “
In the purely sports field, something eclipsed in the last week, the whites reach this crucial leading game in the LaLiga table, with 49 points, only one above the rojiblancos, so they must defend their fief not to fall from The highest and arrive with confidence to your visit to Manchester this Tuesday in Champions. And playing at Bernabéu is usually synonymous with success for those of Ancelotti, who only have the blur, although forceful, of the classic league (0-4) since April 2023 at home, a series of 34 games in which he has only added A defeat.
The defeat in Cornellà aroused the doubts again and also left the injury to the defense of Antonio Rüdiger, a loss of casualties that expanded with that of David Alaba. For this reason, the Madrid plants in the Derbi will be Aurélien Tchouameni and Raúl Asencio, a point that can be harmful to whites in a large -scale party and importance.
Derbies are always games that must be looked at from maturity given the dimension they have, and at home it is expected that Real Madrid will jump with the ‘fantastic four’: mbappé, which debuts in a derby, vinícius, Bellingham -ambe before its subject YEAR-Y RODRYGO. Ancelotti’s concern will be to find the balance, for which defensive work and concentration will be key, also of the strikers, something that even Captain Luka Modric recriminated ‘Vini’ in a Cup against CD Leganés.
The whites defeated, not without suffering, before the ‘pepineros’ 2-3 thanks to a goal from the canterano Gonzalo García in the last minute, in a duel that evidenced the defensive weakness of the whites, something they must fix to face a Atlético undefeated in the last two league derbies in Chamartín. Ancelotti has won only 2 derbies in League to Diego Pablo Simeone, but he faces the challenge of winning at the Bernabéu nine years later, since February 2016.
The rojiblancos arrive with better sensations after 5-0 to Getafe in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, the second goal to zero consecutive after also imposing the RCD Mallorca (2-0) in the Metropolitan. And it is that the ‘Cholo’ has recovered this season the most solid and committed in defense, as evidenced by the data of 16 goals to zero in 35 games played, the same as in the 54 that he played last season.
Simeone’s pupils, if they expire, will return to the top four days later, prolonging that unstoppable dynamic that only Leganés, in Butarque (1-0), was able to stop. In his last 21 meetings in all competitions, only that defeat and 19 wins, although the league away from the Metropolitan is choking, since he has fallen into two of his last five displacements.
The approaches of each team and the beginning of a match that is expected closed and for strategists, will be key to the future of the meeting, with three points at stake that, although they will not be decisive in terms of classification because there is much remains, it will be important for The moral of each team, that of Real Madrid, more needy, and that of Atlético, upwards.
In the premises, Ancelotti suggested that Rodrygo, who chains six titles, will repeat in the eleven, while Eduardo Camavinga could have a hole on the side or the pivot, to the detriment of Fran García or Dani Ceballos, respectively. In the ‘Atleti’, a physical and hard party is expected, characteristics that would bring Conor Gallagher to the alignment with Rodrigo de Paul and Pablo Barrios, although the good moment of Samu Lino, with three goals in the last four games, It is also an option.
Data Sheet.
–Posibles alignments:
Real Madrid: courtois; Lucas Vázquez, Tchoaumeni, Asencio, Fran Garcia; Balverde, Ceballos, Bellingham; Rodrygo, mbappé y viicus.
Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Llorente, Giménez, Lenglet, Galán; Simeone, Barrios, from Paul, Gallagher; Griezmann and Julián Álvarez.
–Arbitro: Soto Grade (C.Riojano).
-Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu.
-Hora: 21.00/Movistar Plus+.