ATLETICO MADRID are hosting city rivals Real in a crucial LaLiga title clash.
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Atletico Madrid lead against city rivals Real Madrid following a rather even first half.
Atletico opened the scoring after just 15 minutes when Marcos Llorente got a brilliant touch in midfield and dribbled past Nacho, who attempted a careless tackle.
Llorente played in Luis Suarez, who ran behind Real’s defence, got in front of Thibaut Courtois and beat him with a stunning shot with the outside of his right foot.
Los Blancos pushed for an equaliser and had a serious penalty appeal when Toni Kroos’ corner kick landed on Felipe’s left arm.
Referee checked the incident on the monitor but decided there was no penalty
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
HALF-WAY WHISTLE GOES DESPITE ATLETICO GETTING A FREE-KICK FROM A PROMISING POSITION!
A BIT HARSH FROM THE REF!
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45 Two more minutes of stoppage time to go until half-time!
And by the way, Benzema is thankfully up and running!
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43 NO PENALTY!
Referee Hernandez sticks to his decision and insists there is no handball!
That was a tough call for the ref
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41 PENALTY APPEAL!
Real are protesting for a hand ball insideAtletico’s box.
Kroos’ corner kick appears to land on Felipe’s left arm, below the T-Shirt sleeve level.
Referee goes to the monitor to have a look!
Benzema, meanwhile is on the ground
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38 Some strong battles in midfield so far with both teams struggling to create enough danger.
Suarez gets a shot in but Courtois makes a comfortable save
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35 Just 10 more minutes to go until half-time and Atletico are still leading.
Real’s defence was careless in Suarez’s goal, looking at you Nacho…
However, the visitors’ backline has learned from the initial mistake as they are successfully keeping the hosts at bay.
Courtois has been relatively at ease, bar the goal he conceded
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33 Atletico are still struggling to threaten Courtois and Real are still moving forward.
However, the visitors are missing the all too important final pass inside the box
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31 Referee Hernandez gives a foul for Real after Rodrygo is brought down in a counter-attack.
Simeone is protesting and the ref gets into a confrontation with the Atletico boss as he is well-known for not taking any back-talk
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29 CHANCE!
Out of nowhere!
Casemiro gets a volley from the edge of the box and forces an awkward save from Oblak.
That would have been some goal for Real…
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27 Regardless of how this match goes, Benzema has still made history.
Here’s why…
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25 Atletico are enjoying a great start but aren’t testing Courtois enough.
The hosts’ centre-back duo of Savid and Felipe need to wake up as well as they have left Benzema, Real’s most dangerous player, unmarked twice so far in the first half
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22 CHANCE!
Benzema picks up another good cross from the left and is unmarked yet again!
The Real star gets the header but completely misses Oblak’s goal
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22 Trippier is on the ground and receives medical treatment following a rough challenge.
But thankfully the England international gets back up quickly
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21 Here’s how Suarez opened the scoring for Atletico against Real.
As you can see, it all comes down to Llorente beautiful and clever movement before the assist
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20 Real don’t seem daunted by Auarez’s early opener as they continue to move forward.
They prefer to attack from the left but Trippier is doing a rather good job defending on the wing
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18 CHANCE
Benzema picks a cross from the left and tries a volley, while unmarked, but gets an awful touch.
Real are trying to respond!
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17 Suarez is now just two goals away from tying Messi at the top of the LaLiga goalscoring charts this season.
What a lethal striker the Liverpool legend is!
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15 Suarez opens the scoring for Atletico, but the real hero here is Llorente.
The Atletico star gets a brilliant touch ahead of Nacho, who tried a reckless tackle on the midfielder.
The Atleti ace ran down midfield and played in Suarez, who ran behind Real’s defence, got in front of Courtois and beat him with a cool shot
GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!
ATLETICO BREAK THE DEADLOCK WITH SUAREZ!!!!
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15 Real are slowly gaining some ground on the pitch and taking their time to grow in this game, just like they did in the first match which they won.
Modric and Kroos are exploring available space to play in Benzema, Asensio and Rodrygo
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12 Atletico hold the possession but can’t break into Real’s box.
Zidane’s men are doing a great job keeping the hosts at bay in the opening minutes
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10 Atletico continue to hold possession while Real sit back and wait on a counter-attack.
The first few minutes of the match remind us a lot of the first fixture that saw Los Blancos catching the Rojiblancos off guard and winning.
Simeone must know how important it is not to leave space behind.
Zidane hopes he hasn’t learned from that game
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7 Vazquez’s contract runs out at the end of the season and has attracted interest from the Premier League.
This is why Zidane doesn’t want him to leave Real:
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5 Atletico have been dominating possession in the first few minutes of the derby.
Lovely movement of the ball by Diego Simeone’s players while Real sit back.
Suarez just took on a free-kick but his shot deflected off the wall
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