Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: The Metropolitano is some place | OneFootball

Atlético de Madrid beat 2-1 Real Madrid in the Matchday 6 clash of LaLiga EA Sports. Los Blancos, who have not won at the Metropolitano since 2022, suffered another defeat after the moment that shaped the course of the match: Huijsen’s red card. Grimaldo put the home side ahead from the penalty spot, and Jonathan David scored what looked to be the killer goal. However, Rüdiger gave Mou’s men hope with a header in the 89th minute.

First half

As derbies usually do, the match began with high tension. In the 5th minute, Baena went in on Güler with a challenge that Ortiz Arias did not deem worthy of a card. Simeone, however, did see one after angrily protesting to the fourth official. The first attempt of the match came from a Tchouaméni header that was blocked by Atlético’s defense. Real Madrid dominated the opening stages, but in the 15th minute, Jonathan David had a chance to score with a wayward header after a great move down the right by Kang-In.

Midway through the first half, Tchouaméni tried again from distance, and Vinicius fired off two powerful efforts; both unsuccessfully. In response, Kang-In produced one of the most dangerous chances of the first half with a cross-shot that an alert Courtois managed to push away. The first booking of the match came in the 35th minute after a challenge by Pubill on Mbappé to stop a Madrid counterattack.

Four minutes later, controversy returned to the Metropolitano. Ortiz Arias booked Bellingham after a collision with 'Cuti'. The referee was then called over by the VAR room to review the play under the new mistaken-identity rule introduced at this World Cup. After reviewing the action, the Madrid-born referee withdrew the yellow card from Jude and showed it to the Argentine instead, who, after studding the Englishman on the knee, came close to being sent off. After three minutes of stoppage time, a first half came to an end with more controversy and scrappy football than good play and chances.

Second half

At the start of the second half came Atlético de Madrid’s first shot on target. Five minutes later came the play that tilted the match in the home side’s favor. After a 40-meter pass, Giuliano got in behind Huijsen, and the Spaniard, aware that he would not get there in time, fouled the Argentine for a penalty. The referee, who had initially shown him a yellow card, changed the color of the card after a VAR review and sent off the Madrid defender. Grimaldo, taking the spot kick, scored the opening goal of the match with remarkable composure.

Immediately afterward, José Mourinho shook things up on the tactical board, aware of the difficult situation his players had to face over the remaining 40 minutes. Diomandé and Rüdiger came on for Vinicius and Güler. The changes did little to help, as just five minutes later the hosts scored their second. From the right flank, Giuliano delivered a perfectly weighted cross for Jonathan David.

Atlético’s pressure continued and, after a corner, Courtois and Rüdiger cleared off the line what could have been the home side’s third. In the immediate response, Diomandé missed a one-on-one against a composed Oblak. In the 89th minute, when everything seemed to suggest the match would end that way, Rüdiger pulled one back for Madrid with a fine header from a Bernardo cross. In the closing stages, Mou’s men tried to level the score, but in the end Atlético claimed another derby win at the Metropolitano, a situation that has become more than common over the last four years.

Match sheet

Atlético de Madrid: Oblak, Llorente, Pubill, 'Cuti' Romero (Le Normand 89'), Hancko; Simeone, Cardoso, Baena (Lookman 67'), Grimaldo; David (Julián 62') and Kang-In Lee (Hjulmand 89').

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