Four days after assaulting Anfield in a historical night, the Real Madrid sees against the ropes in LaLiga. The ones of Carlo Ancelotti, with a lot of changes, have suffered an afternoon complicated against the Athletic of Madrid, but have not happened of the tie although they played with superiority of players largely of the party. The FC Barcelona has an opportunity of gold to increase the advantage in the classification.
It is not a secret for anybody that a derbi Madrilenian always is synonymous of war and 'blood', because the rivalry between the Real Madrid and Athletic of Madrid is one of the biggest no only in Spain, but all over the world. In Santiago Bernabéu, by the requirements in the classification, presented a party with a lot of sparks. The expectations, of some way, have not fulfilled completely.
In the beginning of the party, the respect between both teams has been maximum, without at all that see with which contested in the Cívitas Metropolitan the past year. The Athletic began presionando further up and merodeando the rival area, but very soon the Madrid began to dominate and feel much more comfortable with and without balloon in all the sectors of the field.
The command, however, did not translate in clear occasions. Both teams were having very little tarpaulin of face to the rival area and failed, in several occasions, in the last pass. Especially the ones of Carlo Ancelotti. Asensio Was the first in testing with a finish far that hunted Oblak and afterwards was Benzema the one who insisted with a shot, forced, from the point penalti that left him very was.
To the two teams was missing him go up an extra course and there were not intentions to put it, at least in the first part. The colchoneros had his opportunity with a finish of Carrasco from the balcony of the area that diverted Courtois or one of Giménez, with a centre, that did not find striker.
The interveción of Gil Manzano
In the resumption, the Madrid began insisting more near of the area of Oblak, directed by a Vinicius that, although it was not so 'spicy' as in Anfield, went the most participatory in attack. In fact, propició a very clear occasion after apurar to background line for the arrival of Benzema, but failed in the strike.
The jam was evident, for both teams, that did not want to force neither risk of more. The Athletic took advantage of to advance lines and approached twice to the goal. In the first, Valverde dressed of hero to avoid the finish of Griezmann, but shortly after the French commanded a shot from the balcony of the area of Courtois that left very near of the stick.
The controversy, afterwards, did act of presence in Santiago Bernabéu. Correa signed a codazo on Antonio Rudiger and saw the red cardboard, although the contact had not been so strong. In spite of the protests of the 'colchoneros', Gil Manzano did not doubt in commanding it to the street. The Real Madrid, with numerical superiority, followed without finding the way to the goal in the back minutes.
The surprise of the Atleti and reaction of Álvaro
Although the Athletic was with ten, were those that proposed mñas and upset to the madridistas. So much so, to fault of twelve minutes for the end, a lateral fault launched by Antoine Griezmann finish being finished by Giménez of head. The balon touched in the stick to finish colándose in the goal of Courtois.
It was a big hit for the Madrid, that in any esenario posed go by behind in the marker when they played with one more. Nevertheless, it appeared an invited unexpected: Álvaro Rodríguez, the one who went in to the field to annotate his first goal with the first team madridista. After a corner, the canterano cabeceó of unappealable form to sign the tie and avoid the fall of his.