Real Madrid won the derby against Atlético de Madrid at the Civitas Metropolitano (1-2), where they asserted their forcefulness with goals from the Brazilian Rodrygo Goes and the Uruguayan Fede Valverde in the first half, with which, step, he goes to the national team break with the leadership of LaLiga Santander in his pocket.
After Barcelona had placed first on Saturday with their victory against Elche, Real Madrid prolonged the plenary session and retained control with a two-point advantage over the azulgranas and three over Betis, who also came out on top against Girona ( 2-1).
Real Madrid had a very serious derby. Even without the Frenchman Karim Benzema as an offensive reference, the Brazilians Rodrygo and Vinicius were again decisive -both ‘danced’ after the initial goal- and the Uruguayan Fede Valverde, who decided the match in the first period. Then he knew how to manage his advantage until he ended up suffering something from the rebound that ended in Mario Hermoso’s goal.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team withstood the environmental pressure, too high after everything that had been talked about Vinicius’s celebrations and a possible dance at the Metropolitano, and he knew how to take advantage of his forcefulness, reflected in Rodrygo’s goals, after a magnificent pass from the Frenchman Aurélien Tchouameni (m.18) and Valverde, when picking up the rejection of the post to a shot by Vinicius (m.36).
It was the award for the good device exhibited by Real Madrid against an Atlético that this time had the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann as a starter and who lacked that success and more continuity in his game to dismantle the eternal rival.
However, those of Diego Pablo Simeone, who became the coach with the most games in the history of Atlético in the First Division, did not give up and found a glimmer of hope with Hermoso’s goal, almost a rebound with his shoulder seven minutes from the final, but had no continuation and gave up a game that leaves him eight points behind the leader.
Borja Iglesias justified the first call of the senior team with a brace that made Betis fly. His goals sealed the comeback against Girona (2-1) and confirmed his strength at the Benito Villamarín, where he has won all four games he has played.
Míchel Sánchez’s team, who was sent off after 21 minutes, showed their faces and at times was superior to Chilean Manuel Pellegrini’s block. He even went ahead early through Arnau Martínez after a magnificent pass from Miguel Gutiérrez (m.7).
Instead, a penalty from Colombian Bernardo Espinosa on the young Rodri Sánchez, protested by the Catalan team, began to change the course of the match. Borja Iglesias did not forgive (m.15), nor did he do so in the second period when he took advantage of an error in his rivals’ pass to go on the counterattack alone and score low (m.71).
On the contrary, the El Sadar fort fell, where Osasuna until now had life insurance. They gave up their first loss of the season at home against Getafe (0-2), which linked their second victory in a row.
A goal from Juan Iglesias after half an hour and the sending off of Argentinian Chimy Ávila just before the break was too much for Jagoba Arrasate’s team. The Uruguayan Gastón Álvarez closed the game with almost a quarter of an hour to go.
Despite this, the Navarrese team remains in the upper zone, fifth, with one point more than Villarreal, who equaled one against Sevilla in a duel with a European flavor that, on the other hand, did not allow the relaunch of either of the two teams. , especially the Andalusian team, located very far from the positions to which it aspires at this start of the season.
Óliver Torres, after a pass from Isco Alarcón, soon put Julen Lopetegui’s men ahead, who held on until the second half. But Álex Baena, who had replaced Argentine Giovani Lo Celso after half an hour, achieved the tie (m.51).
Villarreal went further and little by little was putting Sevilla in more trouble. The referee even signaled a penalty for Alex Telles’ foul on Yeremy Pino in the 80th minute, but he canceled it at the request of the VAR for offside. In extra time, the Dutchman Arnaut Danjuma and José Luis Morales had the second goal, but the lack of success and the Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic prevented them from doing so.
Real Sociedad, another contender for European places, rediscovered victory at the Reale Arena by beating Espanyol 2-1 with goals from Norwegian Alexander Sorloth and Brais Mendez, and from Edu Expósito for the Catalan team, all in the first half an hour. The errors behind condemned Diego Martínez’s squad again.
