{"id":4800,"date":"2026-09-20T17:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=4800"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:26:16","slug":"atletico-de-madrid-2-1-real-madrid-the-metropolitano-is-some-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportbulletin.top\/?p=4800","title":{"rendered":"Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid: The Metropolitano is some place"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/a><\/strong> beat 2-1<\/strong> Real Madrid<\/a><\/strong> in the Matchday 6 clash of LaLiga EA Sports<\/strong><\/a>. Los Blancos<\/a>, who have not won at the Metropolitano<\/strong> since 2022<\/strong>, suffered another defeat after the moment that shaped the course of the match: Huijsen\u2019s red card<\/strong>. Grimaldo<\/strong> put the home side ahead from the penalty spot, and Jonathan David<\/a><\/strong> scored what looked to be the killer goal. However, R\u00fcdiger<\/strong> gave Mou\u2019s<\/strong> men hope with a header in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

First half<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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As derbies usually do, the match began with high tension. In the 5th minute, Baena<\/strong> went in on G\u00fcler<\/strong> with a challenge that Ortiz Arias<\/strong> did not deem worthy of a card. Simeone<\/strong>, however, did<\/strong> see one after angrily protesting to the fourth official<\/strong>. The first attempt of the match came from a Tchouam\u00e9ni<\/strong> header that was blocked by Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s defense. Real Madrid dominated the opening stages, but in the 15th minute, Jonathan David<\/strong> had a chance to score with a wayward header after a great move down the right by Kang-In<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Midway through the first half, Tchouam\u00e9ni<\/strong> tried again from distance, and Vinicius<\/strong> fired off two powerful efforts; both unsuccessfully<\/strong>. In response, Kang-In<\/strong> produced one of the most dangerous chances of the first half<\/strong> with a cross-shot that an alert Courtois<\/strong> managed to push away. The first booking of the match came in the 35th minute after a challenge by Pubill<\/strong> on Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong> to stop a Madrid counterattack.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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

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Second half<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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At the start of the second half came Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/a>\u2019s<\/strong> first shot on target. Five minutes later came the play that tilted the match in the home side\u2019s favor.<\/strong> After a 40-meter pass, Giuliano<\/strong> got in behind Huijsen<\/strong>, and the Spaniard, aware that he would not get there in time, fouled the Argentine for a penalty<\/strong>. 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<\/strong>, taking the spot kick, scored the opening goal of the match with remarkable composure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Immediately afterward, Jos\u00e9 Mourinho shook things up on the tactical board, aware of the difficult situation his players had to face<\/strong> over the remaining 40 minutes. Diomand\u00e9 and R\u00fcdiger came on for Vinicius and G\u00fcler<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s pressure continued and, after a corner, Courtois and R\u00fcdiger cleared off the line what could have been the home side\u2019s third. In the immediate response, Diomand\u00e9 missed a one-on-one against a composed Oblak. In the 89th minute, when everything seemed to suggest the match would end that way, R\u00fcdiger pulled one back for Madrid with a fine header from a Bernardo cross. In the closing stages, Mou\u2019s men tried to level the score, but in the end Atl\u00e9tico claimed another derby win at the Metropolitano, a situation that has become more than common over the last four years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Match sheet<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid:<\/strong> Oblak, Llorente, Pubill, ‘Cuti’ Romero (Le Normand 89′)<\/strong>, Hancko; Simeone, Cardoso, Baena (Lookman 67′)<\/strong>, Grimaldo; David (Juli\u00e1n 62′)<\/strong> and Kang-In Lee (Hjulmand 89′)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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