The history of derbies has changed dramatically after the arrival of Diego Pablo Simeone to the bench of Atlético de Madrid. The change that the Argentine has generated within the team and the club has also been reflected in the confrontations with the ‘eternal rival’, the Real Madrid.
1-2 Final of the Copa del Rey
99th minute of the game, Koke picks up a rebound from a corner kick and hangs it in the area and Miranda heads in front of Diego López to make it 1-2.… A goal that ended a 13-year curse in the derbies for Atlético de Madrid. And it almost ended with the throat of our collaborator Paulo Futre who was broadcasting the game that day.
Before that, during the 90 minutes Cristiano Ronaldo advanced to the whites after heading a corner kick and Diego Costa tied the game with a pass from Falcao.
Koke: “The flag at the Bernabéu? I wanted to leave my mark as a player … and a fan “
2-4 Final of the European Super Cup
Atlético de Madrid won the last European final that has measured both teams. Diego Costa scored 50 seconds into the game. Benzema equalized before half an hour of play. Already in the second half Ramos put the 2-1 penalty. The whites were seen raising the title until Diego Costa reappeared to finish off a great pass from Correa. Again, extension.
And in the overtime time the mattresses passed over the whites. Saúl and Koke scored the goals for an Atlético de Madrid, which for now remains the last team to win a European final in the capital of Spain.
2-1 2017 Champions League Semifinals
In 2017, Atlético de Madrid fell on the field in the Champions League semifinals after winning 2-1 in the second leg. The 3-0 in the first leg made the comeback impossible. However, the mattress fans gave a real lesson cheering and thanking their team for the great effort they had made in the rain. That was the last derby at the Calderón, and few people will be able to forget that moment.
Especially the captain Gabi that later in an interview in Goal he acknowledged that “the best lesson they have given me in life and in my entire career has been given to me by the Atleti fans. It was when we lost to Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League and I saw that people did not leave the field when it was raining, covering themselves as best they could in the storm, singing, helping each other. That makes you fight for your partner, because you know that you are different. I have been the whole life of Atleti, to death, but that day I got the potato. We had lost, I got home and said out loud … I just understood what Atletico de Madrid is ”.
I have been the whole life of Atleti, to death, but that day I got the potato
4-0. League Matchday 22, 2015
It is the biggest win that Diego Pablo Simeone has endorsed Real Madrid. The colchoneros won 4-0 in a game in which they gave the whites a bath in every way. Tiago opened the scoring at 13 minutes; four minutes later it was Saúl from Chile who made it 2-0. This is how it came to rest in one of the worst matches that whites are reminded of in a derby. In the second half came the goals from Griezmann and Mandzukic. 4-0 won.
Although the real scandal came the next day when it was revealed that after the defeat the Real Madrid players went to a well-known nightclub in the capital to celebrate Cristiano Ronaldo's birthday. The singer Kevin Roldán was the main protagonist of that party … Later, Piqué would remember him at a celebration …
2-2. Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey 2015
Atlético de Madrid beat Real Madrid 2-0 at the Calderón in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. And that Cholo reserved for the headlines, while the whites came out with everything. That day Lucas made his debut as a left back.
Well, for the second leg the whites appealed to Juanito's comeback and spirit. Not knowing that Fernando Torres had returned and that after winning his first derby he wanted to score in one. Shortly after starting the game he made the 0-1 pass from Griezmann. Ramos equalized although he did not put the tie in danger. After the break, Torres took a minute to make the 1-2 and put an end to all the ghosts they had invoked … Ronaldo ended up drawing but it was useless.