Madrid.- Julián Álvarez He completed his great week by guiding this Saturday at the triumph to Atlético de Madridwith a double in the 5-2 win of his team before him real Madrid In the great derby of the capital, on the 7th day of LaLiga
With this defeat, the white team loses its undefeated status, although it remains leading with 18 points, waiting for what Barcelona can do, second with 16 units, against Real Sociedad on Sunday in Montjuic.
Atlético, who had starred in an irregular campaign start with three draws and a defeat, approaches the head posts when climbing to fourth place, now with 12 points.
“We have made a great game from the beginning. We knew where we could harm them. The players understood it very well,” said the rojiblanco coach, Diego Simeone, at a press conference.
The pupils of the Argentine DT demonstrated their concentration in the initial minutes when passing over their rival, which did not enjoy any opportunity until the Gallic star Kylian Mbappé.
The Norwegian Alexander Sorloth warned at the beginning in a play that almost manages to finish off if the Brazilian Éder Militao does not get to the foot, and in another header that stopped the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Central Robin Normand opened the score in the 14th minute with a header to center Giuliano Simeone.
But the rojiblancos stuck in the foot after the other central, Clement Lenglet, lost the brand on Mbappé (25), which scored after a wall with the Turk Arda Güler.
Shortly after, Le Normand tried to save a ball that ended at the feet of Vinicius, who got rid of two defenses to assist Güler, who pierced the bottom of the meshes.
Real Madrid only needed two sparkle to put forward, until Sorgeh sneaked between Dean Huijsen and Álvaro Carreras to hit a ball to Koke’s pass.
Xabi Alonso’s were weak as in the second half, in which they succumbed to the mattress insistence.
Güler made a mistake when hitting the head of the Argentine Nico González inside the area, which caused the maximum penalty.
“Very special day”
Álvarez, who came from scoring a triplet on Wednesday that gave the victory to his team against Rayo Vallecano (3-2), transformed the penalty with a powerful shot that Courtois did not reach.
Unlike other occasions, Atlético did not turn back and continued playing. Sorloth was able to expand the distance, but he ran into the Belgian armor and Nico González took out a very stouting whipped that repelled a Courtois that became large under the three sticks.
However, the ‘spider’ nailed the ball in the squad after a direct free that the Belgian goalkeeper could only touch with his fingers.
Moments before the final beep, the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann signed the hand after a failure of the white box in his own field with a pass intercepted Álex Baena, who ended up filtering the French striker to beat Courtois down in a hand in hand.
“A very special day. We knew the importance of this game for being a derby and for discounting points to one of those above,” Álvarez told Movistar+.
“We had control of the game and they made both goals very fast. The team kept believing. At this start of the league we were having many occasions and today the same thing has happened, but we have been effective,” he summarized.
“This continues”
For its part, Xabi Alonso said the team has to continue forward.
“It has been a bad game. We have not entered well, we have not played well or collectively, or in the quality of the game with and without ball. We are in a construction phase, today it is the first defeat and this continues,” said the Basque coach at a press conference.
“We have not competed enough. Not at the level required for these parties, against these rivals,” added Alonso, who insisted that the pain produced by this defeat must be used “positively.”
