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Atletico Madrid 2-3 Real Madrid
Real Madrid finally got a win under their belt but not without drama, as at one point during the match Real Madrid were leading 3-0 but ended up being the victors by a tight margin of 2-3, nevertheless 3 points for Real Madrid.
Barcelona also won their game 4-2 after Guardiola decided to rest half of his first team players but hell, who cares about Barcelona apart from the fact that Real Madrid need Barcelona to slip up in order to have any chance of winning a silveware this season which Pelligrini thinks is possible.
Apparently he believes that this win is big enough to inspire Real Madrid players to win everything this season. Optimism is one thing but this is just insane to think that Real Madrid can aspire to win everything after winning a local derby against Atletico Madrid who did not have their best player fit for the game, i.e, Kun Aguero who did indeed came on for Atletico Madrid but not before Real Madrid put past them 2 crucial goals in the 1st half.
Real Madrid played brilliantly throughout the match much like they did against AC Milan in the Champions League match (Damn that Ronaldinho penalty, the refereeing standards are dropping at an alarming rate, especially in Champions League and La liga) but the result was quite difference today.
Real Madrid would have won the match in a convincing manner had Sergio Ramos not been sent off for a foul on Kun Aguero late in the game from behind as Aguero was through on goal as the last man.
Raul started on the bench for Real Madrid and so did Aguero for Atletico Madrid, obviously Atletico Madrid came off worse in that regard. Atletico had not beaten Real Madrid in ten years and one could really tell from the look on their players faces that they were nervous for a reason as Real Madrid started to pour forward from the start of the game pressurizing the Atletico Madrid defenders and just after 5 minutes Real Madrid took the lead as Kaka unleashed an unstoppable shot from just outside the box, that flew into the top left hand corner, 1-0 Real Madrid!!!!.
Real Madrid midfielders performed really well with man of the match being Lassana Diarra. Our midfielders helped the defenders alot by tracking back and marking the opponents and in return the full backs provided plenty of support for Real Madrid attackers.
Real Madrid kept on attacking despite taking the lead as Atletico Madrid struggled to find their rythm throughout the first half and quite deservingly, it was Real Madrid who looked to increase their lead despite being the away side and lead they did take when Marcelo fired home a fercious shot from the tight angle with his right foot (hmm, nope, no Roberto Carlos here). The intent with which Marcelo took that shot really showed the difference of confidence between the two sides as Real Madrid dominated the preceedings and it started to look like a one sided affair just after 30 minutes of play.
Atletico Madrid did manage to get some shots on Real Madrid’s goal in the later stages of the first half but Casillas was not to be beaten as Real Madrid went into the break leading by 2 goals to 0, whilst Atletico got booed by their own fans (hah, that was priceless).
Second half began with Atletico Madrid looking to claw back into the game by bringing on Aguero for Jurado. That did not change anything as Real Madrid continued to create chance after chance. Benzema did manage to put the ball into the back of the net with a good volley but that was correctly judged offside.
On the 60th minute mark Real Madrid scored their 3rd goals as Higuain took advantage of a loose ball near the penalty box after a mistake by Luis Perea and fired in the goal that looked to have ended the game as a contest. Ironically, that was Higuain’s last touch on the ball as he was subbed for Raul.
After that Sergio Ramos made a stupid tackle that got Real Madrid into big trouble as it gave hope to Atletico Madrid of getting something out of a game which Real Madrid dominated uptill that point.Ten men Real Madrid brought on Gago for Benzema just to hold on to their lead but with 12 minutes remaining, Forlan reduced the deficits after a neat finish from a cross from Tomas Ujfalusi.
Minutes later Pepe let go of Aguero who scored the 2nd for Atletico and I started my old ranting again. So after leading by 3 goals to nill and just after I had lost interest in the game because of the way Real Madrid dominated preceedings from the start, the atmosphere changed completely and Atletico fans smelled a thriller coming their way and a thriller they got.
After conceding the second goal, Real Madrid waited to run out the time and that gave Atletico Madrid plenty of opportunites to level the game and in fact, they did found the back of the net couple on times in the last 8 minutes or so but all were correctly called offsides by the linesman.
Real Madrid edged Atletico Madrid in one of the most eventful of derbies seen in recent times but no time to celebrate as Barcelona are still going strong with Guardiola again stating that there is still room for improvement and reportedly Barcelona are showing interest in Manchester United’s superstar striker Wayne Rooney.
Now, Rooney is a player that I always wanted to see in a Real Madrid shirt and I would be devastated to see him joining Barcelona just as I was devasted to see Theirry Henry joining Barcelona as he would have been a real hit at Madrid but everything happens for a reason as Henry never really got his Arsenal form back at Barcelona.
Anyway, Barcelona are reported to have set aside 85 million pounds for the 24 year old striker as they look to overtake Real Madrid’s Crisitano Ronaldo’s world record fee of 80 million pounds. To be fair, Rooney is not worth as much as Ronaldo but I think 60 million or so would be a fair deal for both clubs.
But as always, all this talk is really hypothetical as Rooney just became a father 2 months back and I think he would not want to disturb his young family by moving abroad apart from the fact that he has himself stated several times that he wants to end his career at Old Trafford.
Well, that’s it for today. I am just so happy that Real Madrid finally won and won a derby game which always helps to boost the team morally. Lets just hope Real Madrid take some big chunk of confidence from this game which could fuel Real Madrid till the end of the season in their chase of silverware. Remember, Champions League final is going to be held at the Bernabeu this season and I cannot even imagine the atmosphere if Real Madrid was one the the two teams competing for the ultimate prize in club football, the Uefa Champions League Crown, at their home, infront of 80000 Madridistas.
HALA MADRID!!!
