Atlético Madrid 1-0 Real Madrid.This is the immediate reaction to real Madrid in tonight derby match against atletico Madrid and their first time loss at home of atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid have already won the title a week ago and there by reduces their pressure and desire to win the remaining matches as they now prepare for the big clash against Liverpool in the champions league this coming days.
Laliga is now almost over as Madrid is already crowned champions of the title already and it looks pretty well that the Italian tactician lost the match for a reason,the champions league final.
The purpose was to provide the key and essential stars of the the team some rest and to prevent injury crises ahead of the champions league big clash,Carlo Ancelotti opted to significantly rotate the team and provide minutes for the fringe players in the squad. Andriy Lunin was given a very rare place in goal, whilst Lucas Vázquez and Nacho Fernández started at full-back. Jesús Vallejo joined them in defence, in the middle.
Rodrygo Goes finally got a start after some fantastic recent form coming off of the bench, with Marco Asensio on the other wing. Mariano Díaz was originally preferred up-front, but after dropping out pre-match, Luka Jović took his place in the team. The bench was full of the regular starters who could still be called upon for back up if needed. Nacho Fernández captained the team this evening.
The downside to using the remaining league games as an opportunity to mix the squad up, is that the fixtures may feel like pre-season has come early with the competition sucked out of the proceedings before a ball is kicked. As a Madrid-derby, this game was always going to be cagey and quite close, but the slow pace certainly favoured the hosts at times. Still, Los Blancos were more than in the game, only falling behind in the first half due to a dramatic penalty given against Jesús Vallejo for making contact with his man inside the area - something that would only be caught by VAR.
Yannick Carrasco took a long run up before smashing the ball past Andriy Lunin to put his side ahead. Madrid came close towards the end of the half when the Madrid and one of laliga midfield finest Toni Kroos almost scored a long after making an amazing ranged effort, and Luka Jović could not beat Jan Oblak from inside the area.
The second half was yet another chance for the visitors to prove wealthy of their crown but all hopes was gone despite a few of the big names coming on for Real Madrid. Antoine Griezmann came close for Atlético, and Carrasco continued to look dangerous in attack.
Valverde screamer was denied by the opponents magnificent keeper Oblak the pitch with Mendy, Luka Modrić and Vinícius Júnior.
The heavyweight champions of laliaga had a good chaces in the game but however wasn't lucky on goal as it was all denied by the keeper, however when captain Nacho Fernández spurned a chance from close range. The full time whistle blew to give the hosts the 1-0 win - but it remained a good chance for Madrid to stretch some new legs out and give some much needed rest to others, and I don’t think this is the last time we will see this happen in the near future at all.
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