At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 13, the 17th round of the 2021-2022 La Liga season was a closely watched Madrid derby, Real Madrid beat the opponent Atletico Madrid 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Ancelotti's team won 10 consecutive games, including seven consecutive league wins. Benzema volleyed, "Shin Da Luo" Vinicius 2 assists, Asensio jiangong. After this campaign, Real Madrid accumulated 42 points, 8 points ahead of 2nd place Sevilla and 18 points ahead of their rivals Barca.
Real Madrid have won all of their last nine matches, including the last three with clean sheets. Atletico lost 2-1 to Mallorca in the last round of the league but advanced to a 3-1 win over Porto in the Champions League. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have met in the last 10 meetings, with Real Madrid winning 4 and drawing 6 to remain unbeaten. In this battle, Ancelotti sacrificed the tridents of Vinicius, Benzema and Asensio, and Modric, Casemiro and Cross formed the Iron Triangle.
After the opening, the two sides only had some tentative attacks, and in the 11th minute, Kroos corner kick crossed, Militon nodded the ball and headed the ball into the top of the goal. In the 16th minute, Vinicius crossed from the right, Benzema directly fired a sideways volley inside the penalty area, Oblak could not save, the score became 1-0! Benzema has scored 18 goals in 21 appearances for Real Madrid this season, including 13 goals in 16-16 la Liga, and the 33-year-old French centre-forward still maintains extremely high goal efficiency. Benzema scored 297 goals for Real Madrid, only 3 goals away from reaching the 300-goal milestone, and after Cristiano Ronaldo left, he proved that he could stand alone with Real Madrid.
In the 38th minute, Mendy split the ball, Casemiro went straight, Vinicius's small angled shot was blocked by Oblak, and then Carvajal's right-footed attempt to deflect the ball from a distance. In the first half, Real Madrid temporarily led 1-0. Benzema was replaced by Jovic due to injury after only half-time, and Atletico replaced both Lemar and Felix to strengthen the attack.
In the 56th minute, Kroos counter-attacked the middle of the split, Vinicius Neche flashed Away Llorente to the right side of the empty space, and the unguarded Asensio slashed his left foot to the ground to score, 2-0! "New Da Luo" Vinicius's assists are too wonderful, this season the Brazilian international played for Real Madrid 23 times, scored 12 goals and sent 8 assists, directly making 20 goals! In the 61st minute, Lemar's free-kick was crossed and Hermoso's header went high over the bar. In the 78th minute, Mendy's low cross from the left was met by Vinicius. When Vinicius was replaced by Rodrigo in the 87th minute, Bernabeu fans gave him a round of applause and the 21-year-old Brazilian winger had an unlimited future.
The match ended with Real Madrid winning the city derby 2-0 at home, with Ancelotti's side performing better on both ends of the road. Real Madrid are currently eight points ahead of 2nd place Sevilla, and if the Galacticos can maintain their current momentum, their chances of winning la Liga this season are very high.
Real Madrid (433): 1-Courtois/2-Carvajal (6-Nacho 81'), 3-Militão, 4-Araba, 23-Mendy/10-Modric, 14-Casemiro, 8-Kroos/20-Vinicius (21-Rodrigo 87'), 9-Benzema (16-Jovic 46'), 11-Asensio (15-Valverde 85')
Atletico (442): 13-Oblak/14-Llorente, 18-Felipe, 4-Condobia, 22-Hermoso/10-Correa (9-Suarez 60'), 5-De Paulo (16-Herrera 69'), 6-Cork, 21-Carrasco (7-Felix 46') /8-Griezmann (11-Lemar 46'), 19-Cunha (12-Lodi 60')