The equalizer of the second half of the striker of the real striker Kylian Mbappe cancels the penalty of Julian Alvarez for Atletico in Madrid Derby.
Kylian Mbappe scored during his first derby against Atletico Madrid while Real Madrid retaliated for a 1-1 draw and kept his thin advance in the Spanish League.
Julian Alvarez put Atletico in advance from the penalty point in the 35th minute at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. The kick was awarded after the referee was called to review a challenge by Aurelien Tchouamed on Samuel Lino.
Mbappe equalized in the 50th minute for the hosts, who remained a point before the Atletico placed in the second row, after hanging on a blocked effort by Jude Bellingham to get home.
Bellingham struck the crossbar with a head while Madrid looked for a second goal, while the Atletico goalkeeper Jan Olbak made stops to refuse Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior and Mbappe to divide the points of the Spanish capital .
“We knew how to hang on and have had our chances,” said Alvarez. “We are in the fight and will stay there until the end.”
Atletico, which passed Big last summer to acquire Alvarez and other reinforcements, tries to add to the League titles in 2021 and 2014 under the coach Diego Simeone.
They arrived in good shape, after winning 19 of their 21 previous games in all competitions, and they showed why they had the best defense in the best European leagues with 15 goals conceded in 23 games.
Saturday, despite the loss of the faithful defensive Robin the Norman at the suspension, the Simeone team was once again solid in rock at the back, frustrating the stellar attack of Real which could not create a single shot On the target in the first half.
The real coach Carlo Ancelotti quickly accepted that it was a game of two halves: “We checked the second half well. We have marked and were likely. We played a very good second half. The first half was different. We were very slow and not aggressive enough.
“The penalty affected the team. After the penalty, and before, we played very slowly. We did not take advantage of the field. In the second half, we opened the ground and acted wider, and took advantage of it. We have created a lot of problems in the second half, “he said.
A series of injuries left Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti relying on a wealth line of Lucas Vázquez, from the regular Tchouameni midfielder, the youth Raul Asencio and Fran García.
It was the reckless section of his boot by Tchouameni who ended up tripping Lino, but that has always forced Var to intervene so that the kick was attributed.
The former Manchester City striker, Alvarez, gently caressed his penalty in the middle while Thibaut Courtois plunged to his left.
Antoine Griezmann has again shown its great value for Atletico with precision even under constraint. The French midfielder has twice placed perfectly weighted bullets which left Alvarez and Lino in a good position to remove guns inside the area, but clumsy touches by the two ruined opportunities.
Rodrygo triggered Madrid’s return just after half-time when he dribbled in front of Javi Galan and Lino on the right side and slipped a ball to Bellingham in the heart of the box.
Bellingham’s scratched shot struck a defender and fell to Mbappe, who had missed the first Atletico derby of the season – a 1-1 draw in September – because of an injury, for rifle at home For his first goal against the rivals of reality.
Madrid paid forward looking for a second goal with Atletico rescued. Vinicius dribbled the left side and picked up the ball for Bellingham, which broke a head of the woodwork.
Simeone changed his two rear with Reinildo and Nahuel Molina in the 63rd, but Oblak had to come to Atletico three times.
“In the first half, we played very well,” said Simeone. “In the second half, they scored right away, then hit the bar. It was very intense.
“After 20 minutes in the second period, we also had our opportunities … Julian [Alvarez] slipped on one, [Marcos] Llorente several times. In the end, it was a draw, [but] The two teams thought they could win the match. »»
Barcelona, in third place, is now five points behind Madrid before their trip to Seville on Sunday.
