Atletico beat Crosstown and recently crowned Real Madrid 1-0 win that it first Madrid derby in six Sunday years.
The win left Diego Simeone side on cusp of Securing qualification for the Champions League for next season.
Yannick Carrasco first-half penalty Proven enough in Wanda Metropolitano against Real Madrid is very weak. who took The chance To turn after his amazing return to the Champions League against Manchester on Wednesday.
Among them were Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and Thibaut Courtois on The bench for The alreadyAtletico Madrid Champion took Feature, even if it misses a string of chances of it made Contest so far more Inconvenient than it should be.
Atlético Madrid is in fourth place six points clear of Real Betis in Fifth with three games left to play. it’s better head-to-head record over Betis means it will be guaranteed finish in The Big Four if Pettis fail to win Far away in Valencia on Tuesday.
If Betis beat Valencia, Atlético can make it happen sure of Same place with a win away in Elche on Wednesday.
“It is very important qualify And we have to get it one more win in three games Atletico said: captain coca cola. “So we work like This, we’ll get there.”
Seville place also It looks almost tight after the 1-1 away draw with Villarreal earlier on On Sunday he gave them seven extra points over Pettis.
Atletico did not beat Real Madrid in La Liga since 2016 and not in home Since 2015, while it was last eight games in everyone competitions against that it city The competitors scored two goals and did not achieve any victories.
End it run He will certainly bring a lot of satisfaction to Atlético fans And players But the biggest comfort will be to qualify for the Champions League, which is what happened in doubt for Duration of What was inconsistent and disappointing campaign.
Carlo Ancelotti made raft of changes to the starting line-up Where only Toni Kroos, Casemiro and Eder Militao remained from team that pulled off Exciting victory over city.
makes real changes after the city win
It meant rare beginnings for Likes of Luka Jovic up In the foreground, Eduardo Camavinga in midfield And Jesus Vallejo in back While Ukrainian Andrei Lunin made for him first league appearance of the classroom in goal.
Lunin did nothing wrong But no one stood out with Camavinga out of Types and replacement of Jovic in The second half.
“We rested some playersWe have avoided problemsAnd we gave her a lecturer who “They had less,” Ancelotti said. like This is amazing for The next Little games. “
Atlético showed the largest density in The first half Angel Correa also led an early shot wide after poor pass From Camavinga he allowed Geoffrey Kondogbia to steal Kroos before penetrating Carrasco but flashed wide.
The goal It came from somewhere else passThis time from Marco Asensio in midfieldas Matthew Cunha carried it down on goalcompressed out between Vallejo and Militao.
Atletico wanted a penalty While the ruling initially overturned the appeal, he said changed his mind after reconsultation, with Vallejo is found guilty. Carrasco slammed in Penalty kick.
Kroos hit a long shot and then it was Jovic’s only contribution to that hit Jan Oblak when he was ball spill out him after he raced Rodrygo in behind.
without the second goalThe tension grew, and with each new opportunity begging, the feeling grew that Real Madrid could benefit.
fire carrasco over After giving Nacho Fernandez ball away then another Camavinga error Cunha gave a chance But his effort was saved.
Vinicius Junior, Modric and Fede Valverde came on for The visitors but the pattern continued as Antoine Griezmann sped away and then broke through Carrasco, only to fly outside of The post.
In the last 10 minutes, Valverde and Vinicius test Oblak, who Then he had to take a direct free kick from Asensio of The post. Nacho headed by over Vinicius cross from six yards out But Atletico held out on.
Seville also took a step Closer to finish in He grabbed the top four in the Spanish Football League after Jules Conde’s goal in the 96th minute of a 1-1 away draw at Villarreal.
Villarreal thought he had won At La Ceramica when Giovani Lo Celso . scored with four minutes of The time remaining is normal, but Sevilla scored a dramatic equalizer to boost their hopes of Securing qualification for the Champions League next term.
great dimension run To the Champions League semifinalsVillarreal makes a late push for next Europa League season but Conde’s goal means he will finish third points behind Real Sociedad in VI.
