2023-09-23 16:48:49
Merengue aspires to continue to lead the league
Today, in the Spanish League, two of the most important teams in Spanish football, Real Madrid and Atletico, will face each other in the first “Madrid Derby” match of the 2023-2024 football season.
Civitas Metropolitano Stadium will host the match between the two capital teams, which arrive with different dynamics but with a common denominator: injuries.
The two teams enter the match from different positions in the general standings of the competition, as Real Madrid occupies the top of the standings with a full score, while the “Colchoneros” occupies seventh place with eight fewer points, but victory in this type of match usually goes to the team that commits the fewest mistakes, and therefore the task of defense and goalkeeping is of great importance. . Real Madrid is missing goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, defenders Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal, Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior, and Turkish midfielder Arda Guler, with doubts regarding the participation of Briton Jude Bellingham, who did not train with the team the day before yesterday, Friday, due to stomach pain.
On the other hand, Mozambican defender Reyneldo Mandava, midfielders Pablo Barrios, Argentinian Rodrigo De Paul, Frenchman Thomas Lemar, and most likely also Turkish Çallar Swingu will be absent from “Atletico” in a decisive match this season, especially since losing it will give the rival “Merengue” an 11-point difference at the beginning of the season.
Coach Diego Simeone had his players Koke and Memphis Depay back in the training session last Wednesday following they overcame the muscle injuries they suffered from.
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Real Madrid leads the Spanish league “La Liga” with five consecutive victories in the competition, while “Atlético” achieved two wins, a draw and one defeat with a game less following its match once morest Seville in the fourth round was postponed due to heavy rain in the capital, “Madrid”, at the beginning of this month, bringing its score to seven. points compared to 15 for its neighbour.
293 encounters
On a historical level, the two teams met 293 times in a “derby” match in all competitions, with a clear advantage for Real Madrid, which achieved 152 victories, while “Atlético” achieved 72 victories, and the two teams settled for draws 69 times.
The first match between the two neighboring teams in the local league came in the 1928-1929 season, specifically on February 24, 1929, and ended with Real Madrid winning by two goals to one.
It is interesting that the five players who scored the most goals in the “derby” are from “Real Madrid”, led by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with 22 goals, followed by Alfredo Di Stefano and Santiago Bernabeu with 17 goals each, then Carlos Alonso, nicknamed “Santillana” with 15 goals, and finally Ferenc. Puskas, who scored once morest the neighboring team on 13 occasions.
As for the most prominent faces in this “derby” match, Real Madrid’s new signing, Briton Jude Billingham, is the top scorer in the competition with five goals, despite doubts regarding his participation due to his absence from training the day before yesterday.
On the other side, Alvaro Morata is the third best scorer in the competition with three goals, and he is a player who is good at playing once morest his former teammates, even though he was regarding to leave “Atletico” in the summer transfer market.
The spotlight must be highlighted on the Brazilian madridista Rodrigo, who plays a major role in the absence of Vinicius Junior and forms a good attacking duo with Joselu despite scoring only one goal.
Football fans are also looking forward to watching the performance of Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, who, even if he scored only one goal for “Atletico” this season, is a player who feels the pulse of the team and enjoys playing in its ranks and creating goals for Morata.
Whatever the result today, Spanish League followers will still have a date with a new “derby” in the competition at the beginning of February next year in the framework of the 23rd round at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, which will have its new look following the completion of the work on it.
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