Real Madrid beat the worst Atlético

The Real Madrid won the derby against the worst version of Atlético de Madrid that never showed to be the invincible leader of the league championship. Those of Simeone they were never in a match that was completely dominated by the team of Zidane. A team and a coach who come out strengthened from a week in which it was all or nothing and it has been everything for Real Madrid, which now has Atleti three points behind, although the rojiblancos have one game less.

The first part of the derby was a monologue by the Real Madrid simply because the Athletics did not appear. Neither a shot between the three posts nor pressure at the exit of the white ball nor aggressiveness in direct duels. In short, nothing at all is what Atlético did in the first half in which they wanted to react in the final stretch, but it was more for the gallery than for anything else. With this panorama, the first act was very comfortable for Real Madrid who dominated the ball and therefore the rhythm of the game with Kroos and Modric doing what they wanted without anyone stopping them.

Thus, the normal thing is that the white team went ahead and did so in the 15th minute with a goal from Casemiro who finished off a corner kick without opposition by Kroos. Madrid had already warned with a shot from Benzema that cleared Oblak to the crossbar, but the rojiblanco goalkeeper could do nothing to prevent Real Madrid from 1-0.

(+) This was Casemiro's goal:

The whites, with the score in favor, continued to command and always generate danger from the right in which the reappeared Carvajal and Lucas Vázquez they were a nightmare for an Atlético who didn't react until the final minutes of the first half. He squeezed Real Madrid a bit, but not enough to think he could draw. It did not and it arrived at the rest with 1-0 in the marker.

Atlético was so bad that Simeone decided to make a triple change. They left Felipe, Carrasco and Herrera and they entered Lodi, Correa and Lemar to search for everything that he had not had in the entire first part. The rojiblanco team improved when it came to bothering Real Madrid who saw how Lemar he failed 1-1 on a very clear occasion in the 55th minute. The derby was equalized, the whites were no longer so comfortable on the pitch and they were looking to slow down the rhythm of the derby by having the ball. Simeone, with the need to mark, decided to remove Joao Felix, who was not very happy, so that he entered Saul. That happened at minute 60 and at 63, Carvajal scored the 2-0 with a great shot from the front that hit the post first, then in the back of Oblak and ended up entering the rojiblanca goal.

(+) This was Oblak's own goal:

If the derby was already white, with that 2-0 it was even more so. Atlético wanted but could not overcome Zidane's team that was showing superiority. Simeone looked for the comeback by removing Luis Suárez to put Kondogbia and place Correa and Marcos Llorente as tips. Atleti had the chance to get into the game in the 80th minute, but Courtois appeared to avoid Saúl's goal. A clear chance that reactivated the rojiblancos in the final stretch of the match.

The Atlético de Madrid He tried to the end, but it was not his night nor his best version, that of the LaLiga leader who seemed invincible. The Real Madrid, for its part, culminates the fantastic week of Real Madrid that has beaten Sevilla and Atleti in the League and has gone to the second round in the Champions League.

(+) See the summary with the best actions and goals of the Madrid superderby: